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Habitat Restoration
Coastal and Estuary Habitat Restoration Program and Trust Fund
CRMC is currently accepting pre-proposals for habitat restoration funding through its Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Trust Fund (CEHRTF). To submit a pre-proposal, fill out the Pre-Proposal Form below.
2011-2012 Pre-Proposal Form (MS Word)
* Deadline for submitting pre-proposals is November 18, 2011.
Small Project Application
Applicants proposing projects whose total cost is less than $5,000 may submit a Small Project Application Form. If approved for further consideration by the technical advisory committee, no further documentation will be required.
2011-2012 Small Project Form (MS Word)
* Deadline for submitting small project applications is November 18, 2011.
Proposed projects should be consistent with the state Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Strategy (see above). Pre-proposals will be evaluated by the Fund’s technical advisory committee and projects will be selected for further consideration. CRMC will notify selected applicants, who will be required to submit full proposals. The deadline for submitting full proposals will be January 20, 2012. ***Only applications selected for further consideration by the technical advisory committee will be asked to submit full proposals.***
2011-2012 Full Proposal Form (MS Word)
* Deadline for submitting full proposals is January 20, 2012.
The total amount of restoration funding available for FY2012 is $225,000. The typical maximum amount awarded per project is $50,000. Full proposals will be ranked according to evaluation criteria established by the technical advisory committee.
News
NOAA Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
CRMC funds 10 habitat restoration projects
Resources for Applicants
Planning Consistency:
National Wildlife Refuge System Comprehensive Conservation Plans:
Block Island (PDF)
John H. Chafee (PDF)
Ninigret (PDF)
Sachuest Point (PDF)
Trustom Pond (PDF)
Restoration Priorities:
State Habitat Restoration Strategy (PDF)
RI Habitat Restoration Portal
Monitoring Protocols:
Additional Resources:
RI Critical Lands Project
RI Critical Resource Atlas
RI Resource Protection Project
North American Wetlands Conservation Act
For questions regarding the Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Trust Fund, please contact Caitlin Chaffee at cchaffee@crmc.ri.gov or 783-3370.
The Rhode Island Habitat Restoration Team
The Rhode Island Habitat Restoration Team is a group of representatives from state and federal agencies and non-profit organizations coordinated by the RI Coastal Resources Management Council. The Team’s purpose is to improve Rhode Island’s environment by facilitating restoration of the state’s habitats. This includes restoration planning and prioritization, project implementation, technical assistance, public outreach and education, monitoring, research and leveraging resources.
Click here to learn more about the Rhode Island Habitat Restoration Team.
2008 USACE RI Coastal Wetlands Inventory
Click here to view the Rhode Island Coastal Wetlands Inventory Report completed by the Army Corps of Engineers through the Planning Assistance to States program. The purpose of this project was to develop an accurate wetland map for coastal Rhode Island, inventory those coastal wetlands and identify potential restoration sites based on aerial photographs and ground truthing of vegetative cover types. The project area includes coastal Rhode Island from the most western end of Westerly near the mouth of the Pawcatuck River, easterly to Point Judith, the coastal zone from Sakonnet Point easterly to the state line of Massachusetts, and Block Island.
In 1959, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers filled eleven acres of saltmarsh in Allen's Cove and some mudflats on the south shore of the cove with dredged material from a nearby navigation project. This impacted the velocity and daily tidal exchange of bay water and ultimately resulted in the replacement of saltmarsh vegetation by the common reed (Phragmites australis) and an increase in erosion of the remaining marsh. This project proposes to restore the degraded coastal wetlands and habitat with a healthy saltmarsh ecosystem by re-grading some of the area to an elevation suitable to encourage and maintain the growth of saltmarsh vegetation and potentially restoring some of the open waters that existed prior to the filling, as well as addressing erosion by using excavated material from the fill area to widen and stabilize the eroding coastal shoreline.
Coastal Briefing (PDF)
Brochure – Allin’s Cove Beach Cleanup (PDF) in Barrington, RI, Saturday, September 16, 9 a.m.– 11 a.m.
Brochure – Construction of Allin’s Cove Wetlands Restoration Project will begin this September (PDF)
Poster Presentation on the Geologic Change and Habitat Restoration of Allin's Cove (PDF)
Integrated Ecological Restoration Report/Environmental Assessments, Final Report (PDF)
South Coast Habitat Restoration Project
Sedimentation basins, designed to trap sand as it surges through the three breachways, have not been adequately maintained since breachway construction. Shoaling has formed inside the breachways, with tidal sand deltas forming into the ponds themselves. The shifting sand has killed aquatic vegetation that once sustained fertile fish and shellfish breeding areas. The purpose of this Project was to assess the need for ecosystem habitat viability through sediment removal and replanting of eelgrass to promote the return of greater numbers of valued fish and shellfish than have been seen in recent years.
Coastal Briefing: The South Coast Habitat Restoration Project (PDF)
Brochure (PDF)
Final Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment and Appendices I-IV (PDF)
Ninigret Pond Sedimentation Basin and Relief Channel Maintenance Project Poster (PDF)
Coastal Habitat Restoration Portal
http://www.edc.uri.edu/restoration/
The purpose of this project is to provide data and information about habitat restoration in Rhode Island to the public, federal and state agencies, and nonprofit groups. The focus is on seagrass, riverine (fish runs), and salt marsh habitats. The objective is to create an information system that can be used to apply for grants, select potential projects, educate the public, and assist the state in restoration planning.
Eelgrass Habitats of Rhode Island
http://www.edc.uri.edu/Eelgrass/
This project provides resource managers and the public with an interactive way to access data that has been collected to date to map eelgrass beds in Rhode Island. With this information, users of the site will gain a better understanding of potential impacts their activities may have on these vulnerable habitats.
State of Rhode Island Web Site
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