Restoration Project Updates
Questions about the Herring River Restoration Project? Email: herringriver@envpartners.com or Call: (617) 657 – 0295
Re-establishment of salt marsh plants
In the month since mulching finished for the season, native salt marsh plants have already begun to colonize the Duck Harbor over-wash plain. Maritime Orache (Atriplex acadiensis) and Salt Meadow Cordgrass (Spartina patens) hug a tree stump. Maritime Orache (broad...
NOAA Awards Herring River Restoration Project, Phase 1 – Town of Wellfleet: $14.6 million
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...
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...
River project in Wellfleet cause to celebrate
Restoration of the Herring River estuary is taking a big step forward with the start of work for a new bridge at Chequessett Neck in Wellfleet. On Friday, local, state and federal officials will join with project partners off Chequessett Neck Road, officially to...
Herring River Restoration Project Commences With Construction of Chequessett Neck Road Bridge
Wellfleet, MA. After decades of planning, construction of the first and largest piece of infrastructure needed to restore tidal flow to the Herring River estuary in Wellfleet, is getting underway. The Town of Wellfleet hired MIG Corporation of Acton, MA to remove a...
Cape Cod National Seashore Herring River Restoration Begins This Fall
Vegetation removal is set to begin in November, with the goal to restore the historic tidal floodplain. Here's what to know. By: Montana Samuels, Patch Staff WELLFLEET, MA — It's taken plenty of effort, research, planning and fundraising, but the Herring River...
Baker-Polito Administration Awards $22.7 Million to Support Restoration of the Herring River Estuary
NEWS PROVIDED BY Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game WELLFLEET — In recognition of the start of Climate Week, which is being celebrated from September 19, 2022, through September 25, 2022, the Baker-Polito Administration today celebrated the awarding of...
Elizabeth Warren Highlights Herring River Restoration
WELLFLEET – U.S. Senator for Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren will highlight the Herring River Restoration Project in Wellfleet with state and local leaders today. Cape and Islands State Senator Julian Cyr and State Representative for the 4th Barnstable District Sarah...
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