Combining Coral Restoration and Structural Augmentation for Coastal Resilience in St. Croix

Recipient: Coral Restoration Foundation

Grant Amount: $320,000 Total Project Amount: $398,700

This award will create a hybrid approach to enhance coastal resilience by combining traditional coral restoration with the structural augmentation of innovative coral restoration technology at Long Reef. The project will submit permits to pilot a novel restoration technology, produce corals to augment the engineered structure and evaluate solutions before large-scale implementation.

For more information on the grant program funding this project, please visit the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s website.