Little Lagoon Living Shoreline
Implementing Organization
US Department of the Interior
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$260,999
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (NRDA)
Funding Program
Natural Resource Damage Assessment NRDA
Details
Project Category
Environmental
Project Actions
Habitat Restoration and Enhancement
Targeted Resources
Other
Project Description
This project will apply living shoreline techniques to restore, at a minimum, 2,200 feet of heavily eroded shoreline along the southwestern corner and southern shore of Little Lagoon in Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), which is located in coastal Alabama. Restoration will include a combination of evaluating, planning, and installing a living shoreline, consisting of plantings of smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) and black needlerush (Juncus roemerianus), and wave attenuation structures and/or native mussel seeding. Stabilization of the shoreline will also reduce erosion of adjacent habitat that supports the federally endangered Alabama beach mouse and help create more storm-resilient and biologically productive shoreline habitats.
Contact
Charmaine Pedrozo(251) 517-8005
charmaine_pedrozo@fws.gov
Project Website
None
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