Designing Coastal Habitat Enhancements for Community and Habitat Resilience

Recipient: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Grant Amount: $976,426 Matching Funds: $25,790

This award will identify, prioritize, and develop preliminary designs for ecological restoration and resilience projects that will improve nesting habitat and foraging conditions for threatened and endangered birds such as the roseate tern, terrestrial species, and federally endangered fish such as Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon. The project will build on planning work completed through the Resilient New Jersey program, including a regional flood risk assessment, scenario planning, and resilience actions.

For more information on the grant program funding this project, please visit the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law webpage. For more information on the National Coastal Resilience Fund, visit National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s website.