Projects – Habitat Restoration
Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Trust Fund (CEHRTF)
Rhode Island State Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Strategy (PDF)
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.
2007-2008 Pre-Proposal Form (MS Word)
* Deadline for submitting pre-proposals is October 17, 2007
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 December 14, 2007. Only applications selected for further consideration by the technical advisory committee will be asked to submit full proposals. See the full proposal form below.
2007-2008 Full Proposal Form (MS Word)
Full proposals will be ranked according to evaluation criteria established by the technical advisory committee. See 2007-2008 Evaluation Criteria below
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 PortalMonitoring 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.
- Coastal and Estuary Habitat Restoration Program and Trust Fund, Funded Projects FY 2008 (PDF)
- Coastal and Estuary Habitat Restoration Program and Trust Fund, Funded Projects FY 2007 (PDF)
- Coastal and Estuary Habitat Restoration Program and Trust Fund, Funded Projects FY 2005 (PDF)
- Coastal and Estuary Habitat Restoration Program and Trust Fund, Approved Projects FY 2003 (PDF)
South Shore 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.
Click here to view the brochure on this Project.
View the Final Feasability Report and Environmental Assessment and Appendices I-IV
Allin's Cove, Barrington— 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.
Brochure – Allin’s Cove Beach Cleanup in Barrington, RI, Saturday, September 16, 9 a.m.– 11 a.m.
– Sea Grant’s Coastweeks page
– Audubon Society
Brochure – Construction of Allin’s Cove Wetlands Restoration Project will begin this September
View the Integrated Ecological Restoration Report/Environmental Assessments (Final Report)
Coastal Habitat Restoration Portal— 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.
Coastal Eelgrass Habitats of Rhode Island— 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.
Voice 401-783-3370 • Fax 401-783-3767 • E-Mail cstaff1@crmc.ri.gov
