[SEMCO] News about the Herring River Restoration

[Friends of Herring River]

The Herring Run
News and Information about the
HERRING RIVER RESTORATION
March 2019
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Friends of Herring River Event to Highlight
Local Coastal Wetland Restoration Projects
When: Thursday, March 14th, 4:00 pm
Where: Wellfleet Public Library, 55 West Main Street
What: In-depth discussion of several prominent coastal wetland restoration projects
on Cape Cod. This is a free public event
Cape Cod is home to numerous planned or ongoing projects designed to restore coastal
wetlands that have been lost or degraded due to human intervention. One of the primary
methods of restoring coastal wetlands on Cape Cod involves the removal of man-made
structures that restrict natural tidal flow.
The March 14th event will feature presentations on recent tidal restoration projects:
Robert Duncanson, Ph.D, Director of Health and Natural Resources for the Town of
 Chatham, will talk about the Muddy Creek Restoration Bridge Project. In 2016, a
 century-old earthen dike was replaced with a bridge, restoring unimpeded tidal 
flow into Muddy Creek, a 55-acre estuary shared by Harwich and Chatham.
April Wobst, Restoration Ecologist with the Cape Cod Restoration Coordination Center
established by Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC), will talk about the Parkers
River restoration in Yarmouth, Stony Brook restoration in Brewster and other projects
around the Cape.
Salt marshes are often the focus of restoration efforts. APCC estimates that more
than one-third of Cape Cod's salt marshes have been lost or degraded due to tidal
barriers and other man-made interventions. Salt marshes are among the most productive
ecosystems on the planet, rivaling rainforests. When an acre of salt marsh is lost
or degraded, also lost are the vital "services" the salt marsh provides to the surrounding
ecosystem: habitat for fish and wildlife, buffer against storm surge, filtering 
of nitrogen and other pollutants that otherwise enter coastal waters, and storage
for carbon that otherwise contributes to climate change, among others.
The Herring River Restoration Project in Wellfleet, now undergoing design and permitting,
will restore 570 acres of salt marsh and estuarine wetlands in its first phase. 
It will be the largest coastal wetland restoration project in New England.
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