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Bellefontaine Nearshore Habitat Restoration -- Planning

Implementing Organization

Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$1,040,000

Known Leveraged Funding

$0

Funding Organization

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)

Funding Program

NFWF Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund GEBF

Details

Project Category

Environmental

Project Actions

Planning

Targeted Resources

Wetlands/Marshes/Estuaries

Project Description

Engineer, design, and permit a two mile breakwater along the Swanner tract to minimize shoreline erosion and protect marsh habitat while providing secondary benefit to oyster productivity.

Contact

Chris Wells
601-961-5545
cwells@mdeq.ms.gov
Project Website
Project Partners

None

Affiliated Institutions

None

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