Funding Source: Transformational Habitat Restoration and Coastal Resilience Grants This investment will support the first phase of the Herring River Restoration Project, the largest salt marsh restoration effort in the Northeast United States. The project will help...
Month: April 2023
Recording & Slides of Herring River Project Phase 1 Update – Wellfleet Community Forum 4.13.23
View the Wellfleet Community Forum recording from April 13, 2023 - (at Chapter 2 of 3; 1hr 18 min timestamp) Carole Ridley, Coordinator, Herring River Restoration Project, provided a comprehensive Phase 1 Project Update. View the Phase 1 Project slides here. Wes...
Meet the Man Who is Mulching Duck Harbor
WELLFLEET — Deep into the dense brush of Duck Harbor, a low rumbling sound reverberates off the pitch pines and oak trees. An enormous yellow machine munches through the understory, and seated in the cab, half hidden by equipment, a brawny man with mutton chops has...
Wild Oysters Moved in Wellfleet Ahead of Chequessett Neck Dike Work
On Saturday, April 8th, members of AmeriCorps, in partnership with the Town of Wellfleet Shellfish Department, moved an estimated 20,000 oysters and oyster material from the upstream side of the Chequesett Neck Road dike to an alternate location before the...
Media Release: Officials & Community Celebrate Start of Herring River Restoration Project
Read the TOWN OF WELLFLEET MEDIA RELEASE HERE Federal and state officials joined approximately 100 community leaders on Friday, March 31, 2023 to mark the start of construction of the Chequessett Neck bridge, the first and largest infrastructure component of the...