Rattlesnake Bluff Road and Riverbank Restoration
Implementing Organization
US Department of the Interior
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$3,149,091
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
Water Quality Restoration and Maintenance
Targeted Resources
Wetlands/Marshes/Estuaries
Project Description
This project will improve water quality by mitigating the impacts of excessive sedimentation to the Yellow River and Pensacola Bay, Florida through road stabilization and culvert replacement at priority stream crossings identified along Rattlesnake Bluff Road in Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties. The Yellow River and Pensacola Bay are designated priority waterbodies in the State of Florida. Reducing sedimentation will improve water quality and also benefit estuarine-dependent water column resources, oysters, and SAV, and mitigate chronic ecosystem threats such as habitat degradation and impacts to recreational use. The project will provide benefits to the overall heath and resiliency of the Gulf ecosystem by restoring integral estuarine habitats and the resources that depend on them. Four priority stream crossings have been selected for restoration activities: 1. Camp Creek County/State: Okaloosa, Florida Drainage: Yellow River Land Owner: US Government, Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) 2. Carroll Creek County/State: Okaloosa, Florida Drainage: Yellow River Land Owner: US Government, Eglin AFB 3. Milligan Creek County/State: Okaloosa, Florida Drainage: Yellow River Land Owner: US Government, Eglin AFB 4. Wolf Creek County/State: Santa Rosa, Florida Drainage: Yellow River Land Owner: US Government, Eglin AFB
Contact
Kate Healy(251) 517-8010
katherine_healy@fws.gov
Project Website
None
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