Restoring Hempstead Bay for Community Resilience and Improved Habitat Quality

Recipient: New York State Office of Resilient Homes and Communities

Grant Amount: $10,000,000 Matching Funds: $5,756,227

This award will enhance the natural resilience function of the tidal marshes in Hempstead Bay to restore marsh ecology and habitat by creating 200 linear feet of living shoreline and restoring 9 acres of wetland, benefiting species such as American eel, striped killifish, piping plover, red knot, and salt marsh sparrow. The project will protect communities along the Mill River Watershed by improving the ability to slow storm surges, as well as provide high quality habitat for native species.

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.