Building Resiliency and Restoring Critical Habitat in a Northern California Dune System

Recipient: Friends of the Dunes

Grant Amount: $1,999,600 Matching Funds: $843,000 Total Project Amount: $2,842,600

This award will restore 18 acres of dunes along 1.3 miles of shoreline on the North Spit of Humboldt Bay in California to reduce exposure to extreme storms and facilitate long-term barrier migration in response to sea level rise. The project will eradicate invasive species and revegetate with native species, and restore soil health to increase biodiversity and resilience.

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.