Grant 79423 (New York State Office of Resilient Homes and Communities)

Enhance the natural resiliency function of the tidal marshes in Hempstead Bay to restore natural 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, salt marsh sparrow. 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.