This grant will fund north carolina wildlife resources commission to upgrade wetland impoundment infrastructure such as dikes water control structures pump stations and access roads

This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) will provide $5,000,000 to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission to upgrade wetland impoundment infrastructure and enhance coastal habitats. The key products and services to be delivered include:

Upgrading dikes, water control structures, pump stations, and access roads to improve the Commission's ability to manage wetland impoundments for the benefit of migratory waterbirds and increase the resiliency of the impoundments to extreme weather and sea level rise. The project will also implement living shoreline approaches to reduce wave energy and enhance degraded salt marsh and shellfish nursery habitats. The work will be conducted at the Pamlico Point, Campbell Creek, and Willow Point units of the Goose Creek and Gull Rock Gamelands in the Pamlico Sound region of North Carolina. This grant award has an expected completion date of September 30, 2029.

The proposed work is expected to improve the wildlife resources commissions ability to manage the impoundments for the benefit of migratory waterbirds and improve the resiliency of the impoundments to extreme weather events and sea level rise. Construction activities include living shoreline approaches to reduce wave energy and enhance degraded salt marsh habitat and shellfish nursery habitat. Work will be conducted at the pamlico point campbell creek and willow point units of the goose creek and gull rock gamelands in the pamlico sound region of north carolina.