| Green Harbor River Tide Gate Replacement |
Rehabilitation |
The funds obtained were used toward the purchase of a tide gate for the restoration of tidal flushing to Green Harbor River. |
Tidal Wetland |
637 |
0 |
| Lily Pond Water Resource Protection |
Protection/Maintenance |
The funds were used for the purchase of parcels adjacent to the pond and reservoir to protect drinking water from effects of any potential land use change. |
Pond |
32 |
0 |
| Mill River Restoration |
Reestablishment |
Replace flood control structure with culverts to allow water to pass unimpeded on incoming and outgoing tides. Surveys for soft-shelled clams will be conducted to monitor project success. |
Tidal Wetland |
50 |
0 |
| Phragmites Control in the Upper Great Marsh |
Rehabilitation |
Through the use of chemicals, fire, cutting, etc. to control expansion of Phragmites and restore the upper Great Marsh. |
Tidal Wetland |
500 |
0 |
| Town Creek Culvert Repair |
Reestablishment |
Emergency repairs were performed to allow a better flow of tidal water into the marsh. The full project will call for better control and more extensive tidal flushing to restore a brackish salt/fresh coastal marsh that is currently overgriown with Phragmites. |
Tidal Wetland |
250 |
0 |
| Upper Shawme Pond Fish Run Restoration |
Reestablishment |
Mill Creek is the only active herring run left in Sandwich. Upper Shawme Pond use to be the spawning grounds for alewife and eels before the fish run was left stranded by lack of flow. As part of a dam reconstruction project, Sandwich is installing an Alaskan steep pass fish ladder to restore fish access |
Pond |
21 |
2 |
| Total |
1490 |
2 |
