Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Program and Trust Fund RIGL §46-23.1 Caitlin Chaffee Rhode Island Coastal Res

1. Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Program and Trust FundRIGL §46-23.1 Caitlin Chaffee Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council

2. Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Trust Fund • $225,000 annually from Oil Spill Prevention, Administration and Response Fund (OSPAR) • Funding for coastal and estuarine habitat restoration projects • Funds administered by CRMC • Projects chosen by Technical Advisory Committee

3. Technical Advisory Committee • CRMC • RIDEM Fish and Wildlife • Save the Bay • Narragansett Bay Estuary Program • Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve • EPA Region 1 • NRCS

4. What types of projects are funded? • Planning • Design • Construction • Monitoring

5. What types of habitats are targeted? Coastal and estuarine habitat restoration • coastal wetlands • coastal rivers (herring and shad runs) • eelgrass beds • coastal dunes Salt Marsh

6. Seagrass

7. Fish Passage (River Systems)

8. Other Projects Funded • Dune Restoration • Restoration Publications • Habitat Inventory • Equipment Purchase

9. Common restoration goals • Restoration of impacted hydrology • Control of invasive plant or animal species. • Improved habitat structure / revegetation • Improved fish passage

13. To Date: • $699,960 awarded for fish passage restoration • $534,133 awarded for salt marsh restoration • $79,096 awarded for seagrass restoration • $15,696 awarded for dune restoration Total Funds awarded to date = $1,425,000 (total of 48 projects) Total Funds leveraged to date = over $13.6M

14. Additional funding sources • NRCS Farm Bill Programs (WHIP, WRP) • NOAA Restoration Center Programs • USFWS • USACE • RIDEM Restoration Bond Funding (riparian and fish passage projects) • Local match (including real estate, in-kind services)

15. Project Progress • Of 48 funded projects (including this year’s awards), 37 have been completed with another 4 expected to go to construction this year.

16. 2009 NOAA Stimulus Funding • CRMC has requested $8.6M from NOAA in ARRA habitat restoration funding for “shovel ready” habitat restoration projects

17. Trust Fund Application Process • Submit pre-proposal to CRMC (October) • Pre-proposals reviewed by Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) • Full proposals requested from approved applicants • Full proposals submitted and reviewed by TAC (December) • Awards approved by Council and announced in January

18. Resources for Applicants • CRMC website: http://www.crmc.ri.gov/projects/habitats.html • Forms, instructions, criteria, updates • Previously funded projects • Linksto additional information • Reporting Templates • Habitat Restoration Portal • Habitat information • Statewide database of restoration projects • Maps • References • Contacts

19. www.edc.uri.edu/restoration

21. Projects Funded in FY09 • Pawtuxet River Restoration • Blackstone River Restoration • Gooseneck Cove Salt Marsh Restoration • Silver Creek Salt Marsh Restoration • Shannock Falls Fish Passage Restoration • Manton Pond Fish Passage Restoration • Brenton Cove Salt Marsh Restoration • RIDEM low ground pressure equipment

22. Atlantic Mills Dam, Woonasquatucket River

24. Rising Sun Mills Dam, Woonasquatucket River

25. Manton Pond Dam, Johnston

26. Third Beach, Middletown

27. Jacob’s Point, Warren

28. Silver Creek, Bristol

29. Gooseneck Cove, Newport

30. Gooseneck Cove, Newport

31. Stillhouse Cove, Cranston

32. Questions? • Caitlin Chaffee RI Coastal Resources Management Council cchaffee@crmc.ri.gov 401-783-3370