Fresh brook is a springfed stream in wellfleet, MA within the boundary of cape COD national seashore

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) provides $187,360.00 to the Center for Coastal Studies, Inc. (doing business as Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies) to initiate pre-restoration monitoring and support post-restoration monitoring of the Fresh Brook stream conditions within the Cape Cod National Seashore. The monitoring activities will document the existing stream ecology and how conditions change following the removal of a weir, in order to help determine the success of the restoration project. The award period is from January 8, 2025 through December 31, 2028. The beneficiaries of this project include the Cape Cod National Seashore and the Town of Wellfleet.

This project will initiate prerestoration monitoring of the stream conditions and support postrestoration monitoring to document changes in stream ecology and help determine restoration success. The design and implementation of monitoring activities on fresh brook. Monitoring will focus on documenting existing conditions in the stream as well as documenting how stream conditions change following the removal of the weir. Monitoring will begin prior to restoration to establish a baseline. Monitoring will continue postrestoration to document change. All data will be managed, synthesized and shared back with the park. To assist with resource management decisions. Beneficiaries include cape COD national seashore and the town of wellfleet.