Project Updates
Chequessett Neck Road Bridge Construction Update – December 2023
CHEQUESSETT NECK BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE MIG Construction has completed installation of the temporary bridge piers and spans. The temporary roadway has been paved and the temporary storm water system is fully installed. Upcoming work will include: Installation of...
NEW Herring River Restoration Project Videos Now Online!
Friends of Herring River is pleased to present the first 2 videos – Herring Run and What’s Up with Duck Harbor? - within the current collection of the Herring River Restoration Project videos, produced by Solano Film Collective with funds from Massachusetts Division...
Cape Cod National Seashore Announces Funding Support and Contract Award for Major Herring River Restoration Project Component
Cape Cod National Seashore has awarded a contract for construction of the Mill Creek Water Control Structure (WCS), a crucial infrastructure component of the larger Herring River Restoration Project. The Mill Creek WCS will span the mouth of Mill Creek where it meets...
Chequessett Neck Road Bridge Construction Update – November 2023
CHEQUESSETT NECK BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE MIG Construction continues to work on installation of the temporary bridge components. MIG has completed installation of the bridge piers that will carry the temporary bridge across the river. Upcoming work will include:...
Updates: Mill Creek Water Control Structure, Low Road Elevation & Culvert Replacement, Vegetation Clearing
Carole Ridley, Project Coordinator, Herring River Restoration Project Progress continues in the implementation of Phase 1 of the Herring River Restoration Project. Funding and environmental permits are in place for construction of all water control infrastructure and...
Chequessett Neck Road Bridge Construction Update – September 2023
CHEQUESSETT NECK BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE MIG Construction is continuing to work on the Chequessett Neck Road bridge. Activities have focused on the installation of components that will comprise the temporary (by-pass) bridge. MIG has begun driving steel pipe piles...
Chequessett Neck Road Bridge Construction Update – August 2023
CHEQUESSETT NECK BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE • MIG Construction has continued construction activities on the Chequessett Neck Road Bridge. Activities have focused on installation of components that will comprise the temporary bridge.• MIG has installed the steel...
Chequessett Neck Road Bridge Construction Update – June 2023
CHEQUESSETT NECK BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE MIG Construction has continued construction activites on the Chequessett Neck Road bridge through the month of May. Activites have focused on established construction access along the upstream side of the existing dike....
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...
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...
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