This agreement provides financial assistance to massachusetts audubon society, INC. (hereafter referred to as mass audubon) to conduct environmental activities in buzzard's BAY, MA as part of the…

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Geographic Programs - Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration Program (CFDA 66.129), provides $597,780 to the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Inc. to conduct environmental activities in Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts. The key activities include planning, permitting, and implementation of 160 acres of saltmarsh and coastal upland restoration, as well as education and knowledge transfer through school programs and peer-to-peer workshops to aid in region-wide adoption of saltmarsh migration and restoration practices. The Massachusetts Audubon Society will collaborate with sub-recipients such as Save the Bay, Dartmouth Natural Resource Trust, and Wareham Land Trust to deliver these services. The award period runs from October 1, 2023 through December 31, 2027.

This agreement provides financial assistance to massachusetts audubon society, INC. (hereafter referred to as mass audubon) to conduct environmental activities in buzzard's BAY, MA as part of the southeast new england program (snep) stormwater and natural infrastructure grants program. This award builds on previous work and will aid in the planning, permitting, and implementation of 160 acres of saltmarsh and coastal upland restoration at sanctuaries on the south coast of massachusetts. Additionally, mass audubon and partners will provide education and knowledge transfer in the form of school programs and peer-to-peer workshops to aid in region-wide adoption of saltmarsh migration and restoration practices.activities:specific tasks that will address the priorities of this project include planning, permitting, and implementation of salt marsh restoration practices. This will include preparation for saltmarsh migration for 90 acres of upland marsh migration, restoration of 70 acres of saltmarsh by resorting tidal hydrology, assessment of impact of invasive fiddler crabs, completion of an inlet pond and barrier beach stabilization management plan, hosting knowledge sharing workshops, and providing education and community engagement programs for 15,000 students, youth, and community members.subrecipient:the grantee has budgeted for a subaward to save the BAY for tidal hydrological restoration, including permitting support, planning, monitoring, implementation, and aiding in two peer-to-peer workshops; another subaward to dartmouth natural resource trust for permitting and implementation, volunteer coordination and support, and outreach, and invasive plant control; and a subaward to the wareham land trust for outreach, peer-to-peer learning, volunteer coordination and support, planning and promoting workshops and staff support at the workshop.outcomes:direct beneficiaries of this project include residents and community members in the buzzards BAY region with a focus on disadvantaged communities in new bedford, fall river, and wareham. Additional beneficiaries of this program include the saltmarsh and coastal upland ecosystems and users of ecosystem services in and around the project area.