Coastal Marsh Restoration: An Ecosystem approach for the Mid-Atlantic In 2024 we co-authored a document with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) and partners within the US Fish and Wildlife Service to address and highlight shared goals for ecosystem restoration to benefit coastal marsh organisms including (but not limited to) our flagship species. [...]
NAWCA Grants Benefit Black Duck American Black Duck benefits greatly–perhaps more than any other species–from our partners’ NAWCA grant projects in the ACJV. Maine, which contains high-quality breeding habitat as well as staging and wintering habitat (along the coast) has seen tremendous NAWCA-related accomplishments in recent years. The latest projects approved in Maine will [...]
It Was a Great Year for Salt Marsh Conservation Funding! Several new or ongoing grants were secured to assist ACJV partner efforts to conserve land, implement restoration projects, and test promising management actions outlined in our conservation plans. For the third year in a row, we expect that every National Coastal Wetland Conservation Grant [...]
Recommendations for Monitoring Saltmarsh Sparrows on Salt Marsh Restoration Projects Saltmarsh Sparrow Restoration Monitoring Guidance This year the ACJV worked with the Saltmarsh Habitat and Avian Research Program, the USFWS Coastal and Migratory Bird Programs, and Ducks Unlimited to develop guidance for monitoring Saltmarsh Sparrows at restoration sites. This document includes suggestions [...]
Homepage of the Black Duck Decision Support Tool Black Duck Decision Support Tool is Done! At long last, the American Black Duck Decision Support Tool (created by our partners at Ducks Unlimited) is up and running and available on our website here! This tool prioritizes areas for conservation and restoration to support [...]
ACJV Project Inventory Homepage It’s time to enter your coastal marsh projects into the ACJV Project Inventory. This inventory catalogs efforts across the Atlantic coast to conserve or restore habitat for Saltmarsh Sparrow, Black Rail and American Black Duck. The inventory provides a central hub of information for all on-the-ground conservation efforts [...]
It Was a Great Year for Salt Marsh Conservation Funding! Several new or ongoing grants were secured to assist ACJV partner efforts to conserve land, implement restoration projects, and test promising management actions outlined in our conservation plans. For the third year in a row, we expect that every National Coastal Wetland Conservation Grant [...]
Modified from The sparrow that speaks for the marsh | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (fws.gov) Great Meadows Marsh, part of Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge in Connecticut, was recently restored to improve both marsh health and Saltmarsh Sparrow populations. The USFWS, Audubon Connecticut, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and National [...]
Learn about conservation and restoration activities led by the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary that highlight the interactive nature of monitoring, tool development, and interventions to inform goal-based site management. Presenters Dr. Joshua Moody is the Restoration Programs Manager at the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary. In this role he plans and manages a variety of projects including the [...]
Learn the scientific basis of the UnVegetated-Vegetated marsh Ratio (UVVR), the methods used to derive it, and how it can be used to identify vulnerable marshes and appropriate restoration strategies. We will also demonstrate how to access the data via multiple platforms. Presenter: Neil Ganju is the lead of the Estuarine Processes, Hazards, and Ecosystems project at [...]
