Buzzards Bay Coalition Inc

BUZZARDS BAY COALITION WILL WORK TO IMPROVE FISH PASSAGE AND RESTORE HABITAT ON THE AGAWAM RIVER TO SUPPORT RIVER HERRING AND OTHER MIGRATORY FISH. EFFORTS WILL INCLUDE ONE DAM REMOVAL AND ASSESSMENTS OF RESTORATION NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE WATERSHED TO RESTORE FISH PASSAGE THROUGH FORMER CRANBERRY BOGLANDS. THE AGAWAM RIVER IS HOME TO ONE OF THE MOST ABUNDANT RIVER HERRING RUNS ON BUZZARDS BAY, SUPPORTING A BROAD RANGE OF FISH AND WILDLIFE IN THE ESTUARY.

ACUSHNET SAWMILL ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION

ACUSHNET RIVER: HEADWATERS TO BAY - ACUSHNET RIVER NORTH

PER YOUR APPLICATION REQUEST DATED MAY 28, 2021, THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS BEING AWARDED INCREMENTAL FEDERAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $149,998 TO THE BUZZARDS BAY COALITION. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS TO ADDRESS WATER QUALITY IMPAIRMENTS IN BUTTONWOOD BROOK: A NUTRIENT‐ AND PATHOGEN‐IMPAIRED URBAN STREAM THAT RUNS FROM ITS HEADWATERS IN NEW BEDFORD, MA TO ITS MOUTH AT INNER APPONAGANSETT BAY IN DARTMOUTH, MA WHERE WATER QUALITY CONSISTENTLY RANKS IN THE BOTTOM 10% OF ALL 30 MAJOR HARBORS AND COVES IN THE BUZZARDS BAY WATERSHED. FLOWING WITHIN AND ADJACENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE POPULATIONS, THE BROOK REMAINS A DEFINING WATERWAY WITHIN THE CITY DUE TO ITS RELATIONSHIP TO BUTTONWOOD PARK AND ZOO. NUMEROUS PAST EFFORTS HAVE DOCUMENTED WATER QUALITY IMPAIRMENTS IN BUTTONWOOD BROOK AND INNER APPONAGANSETT BAY, BUT A COMPREHENSIVE RESTORATION PLAN HAS YET TO BE DEVELOPED. AS PART OF THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, THE BUZZARDS BAY COALITION (BBC) SEEKS TO

LAPALME RIVERSIDE FARM ACQUISITION

ACUSHNET RIVER: HEADWATERS TO BAY - MARSH ISLAND SOUTH

ACUSHNET ESTUARY RESERVE ACQUISITION

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE-SPECIAL PROJECT NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS

DISCOVER BUZZARDS BAY: PROVIDING MEANINGFUL WATERSHED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR NEW BEDFORD YOUTH

THIS PROJECT AIMS TO PROVIDE WAREHAM (MA) PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO AFFECT POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING A DISTRICT-WIDE PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS WILL LEARN ABOUT HOW SHELLFISH PROVIDE A NATURAL SOLUTION TO CLIMATE-CHANGE AND NITROGEN POLLUTION IN THEIR WATERSHED THROUGH TEACHER-IMPLEMENTED OUTDOOR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES. THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ALONG WITH STUDENT AND TEACHER LEARNING ENRICHMENT TO CREATE MEANINGFUL CONNECTION TO LOCAL NATURAL PLACES WHILE ALSO PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE WITH BLUE ECONOMIES IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT EXPECTS TO REACH 620 STUDENTS IN 6TH AND 7TH GRADE AND ENGAGE 20 TEACHERS.

THE SNIPATUIT COASTAL ATLANTIC WHITE CEDAR SWAMP PROJECT WILL PERMANENTLY PROTECT 101 ACRES (IN RED ON MAPS AND IDENTIFIED AS TRACT 1) OF AN IMPORTANT LARGE, FORESTED WETLAND COMPLEX AT THE HEADWATERS OF THE MATTAPOISETT RIVER WITH 1,600 FEET OF SHORELINE ON SNIPATUIT POND, A 700 ACRE LAKE IN ROCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS. THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE GRANTEE ACQUIRING FEE TITLE TO THE PROPERTY WITH THE ROCHESTER LAND TRUST (RLT) HOLDING A CONSERVATION EASEMENT OVER THE PROJECT PROPERTY TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF PROTECTION OVER THE PROPERTY. THE REQUESTED GRANT FUNDS ($130,000) ARE PROPOSED TO BE USED ENTIRELY TOWARD THE GRANTEES ACQUISITION OF THE PROJECT PROPERTY. THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTYS ACQUISITION COST AND PROJECT COSTS ($130,000) WILL PROVIDE NON-FEDERAL CASH MATCH VALUE TO THIS PROJECT. THE PRIMARY GOALS OF THIS PROJECT ARE 1) TO PROTECT THE UNIQUE BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LAND, 2) TO PROTECT CRITICAL WETLANDS ASSOCIATED WITH MIGRATORY BIRD HABITATS, 3) TO PROTECT IMPORTANT WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LAND, THE POND, THE MATTAPOISETT RIVER AND ITS AQUIFER AND WATERSHED AND 4) TO CONTINUE TO BUILD A LARGE CONTIGUOUS AREA OF PROTECTED LAND ENHANCING ALL OF THESE CONSERVATION VALUES.THE PROJECT IS A SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF AN IMPORTANT, LARGE ATLANTIC WHITE CEDAR FOREST ON THE WATERFRONT OF SNIPATUIT POND, A MASSACHUSETTS GREAT POND LAKE, AND IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR PROTECTING THE BIODIVERSITY OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. ATLANTIC WHITE CEDAR SWAMPS ARE DESIGNATED IMPERILED (RANKED S2) PRIORITY NATURAL COMMUNITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS, AND THIS IS AN UNUSUALLY LARGE EXAMPLE WITH WATERFRONTAGE ON A LARGE LAKE IN A COASTAL AREA (CREATING UNIQUE HABITAT DIVERSITY). THE SITE IS ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE POND AND IS A CRITICAL PART OF AN 800-ACRE COASTAL ATLANTIC WHITE CEDAR SWAMP (WITHIN A LARGER 2,500-ACRE STATE-DESIGNATED FOREST BLOCK) THAT GRANTEE AND PARTNERS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO PROTECT. THAT ON-GOING EFFORT INCLUDES RLTS NEARBY 80-ACRE WALNUT PLAIN CEDAR SWAMP PROPERTY (A PRIOR NAWCA SMALL GRANT (2017) SUPPORTED PROJECT) AND GRANTEES LARGE 511-ACRE HEADWATERS RESERVE CONSERVATION AREA.

THE SNELL CREEK PROJECT WILL PERMANENTLY PROTECT 28 ACRES OF COLD WATER STREAM, WETLANDS AND FORESTS WITH EXCEPTIONAL BIRD, FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT VALUES, INCLUDING SEA RUN EASTERN BROOK TROUT, WHICH ARE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE WESTPORT RIVER ESTUARY ECOSYSTEM ON BUZZARDS BAY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY CONTAINS 700 LINEAR FEET OF STREAM CHANNEL SURROUNDED BY ASSOCIATED WETLANDS AND BACKED BY BUFFERING RIPARIAN FORESTS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO A NUMBER OF WATER-DEPENDENT BIRD SPECIES AS WELL AS ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING VIABLE SEA RUN EASTERN BROOK TROUT POPULATIONS AND TO THE MAINTENANCE OF HABITAT QUALITY IN THE ESTUARY IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM. THE PROJECT LAND (IN THE TOWN OF WESTPORT, BRISTOL COUNTY) IS LOCATED UPSTREAM OF THE EAST BRANCH OF THE WESTPORT RIVER AND IS ADJACENT TO A GROWING BLOCK OF PERMANENTLY PROTECTED CONSERVATION LAND ALONG ANGELINE BROOK AND SNELL CREEK (BOTH BROOK TROUT COLD STREAMS). THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE ACQUISITION OF A CONSERVATION EASEMENT BY BUZZARDS BAY COALITION (REFERRED TO AS A CONSERVATION RESTRICTION IN MASSACHUSETTS) OVER A 28 ACRE PARCEL THROUGH WHICH SNELL CREEK RUNS, THEREBY PROVIDING PERMANENT PROTECTION TO THE CRITICAL HABITATS AND PREVENTING LAND USE CONVERSION. IF AWARDED, THE GRANT FUNDS WILL BE MATCHED 1:1 BY FUNDS RAISED BY THE COALITION. THIS WILL BE AN IMPORTANT EXPANSION OF A PARTNERSHIP OF PEER LAND CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS AND THE TOWN OF WESTPORT ALL WORKING TO PROTECT THE WESTPORT RIVER ESTUARY AND ITS ASSOCIATED SEA RUN BROOK TROUT STREAMS AND BUILDS UPON THE EXCEPTIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH NAWCA TO PROTECT THE IMPORTANT REMAINING WETLAND HABITATS AROUND BUZZARDS BAY. THIS IS PART OF A LARGER PARTNERSHIP EFFORT TO SPECIFICALLY PROTECT THE HABITAT QUALITY OF THE WESTPORT RIVER ESTUARY BY PROTECTING THE STREAM CORRIDORS AND WETLAND COMPLEXES ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD WATER TRIBUTARIES, INCLUDING SNELL CREEK, OF THIS ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM.

FUNDS FROM THIS PROJECT WILL ACQUIRE AND PERMANENTLY PROTECT 28 ACRES OF WETLANDS AND UPLAND FOREST HABITAT IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MA. MIGRATORY BIRD SPECIES THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THE PROTECTION OF THESE ACRES INCLUDE THE AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, MALLARD, NORTHERN PINTAIL, AMERICAN WIDGEON, BLUEWINGED TEAL, MERGANSER, BUFFLEHEAD, CANVASBACK, COMMON GOLDENEYE AND WHITE-WINGED SCOTER.

MATTAPOISETT VALLEY WETLANDS

CUTTYHUNK ISLAND

THIS PROJECT WILL SUSTAIN AND ENHANCE THE BUZZARDS BAY COALITION WATER QUALITY MONITORING. THE BUZZARDS BAY COALITION WILL EXPAND WATER QUALITY SAMP

ACUSHNET RIVER: HEADWATERS TO BAY VIVEIROS FARM AMENDMENT 1

WALNUT PLAIN CEDAR SWAMP, MA

LOWER ANGELINE BROOK, MA

BRANDT ISLAND COVE

ROCKY GUTTER, MA

BAY IN MY BACKYARD PARTNERS WITH THE YMCA SOUTHCOAST (NEW BEDFORD & MATTAPOISETT) AND WAREHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO EDUCATE UNDERSERVED STUDENTS, GRADE 2

BROAD MARSH, MA

COMMON EIDER NEST MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT

THE COALITION FOR BUZZARDS BAY WILL USE FUNDS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY AFFECTED BY THE NEW BEDFORD HARBOR SUPERFUND SITE (NEW BEDFORD; ACUSHNET; AND FAI

AS DIRECTED BY SECTION 320 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT THIS PROJECT UNDER THE NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTS RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BUZZARDS BAY COM

PER YOUR APPLICATION REQUEST DATED JULY 12, 2018, THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS BEING AWARDED FULL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $30,000 TO THE COALITION FOR BUZZARDS BAY (TCBB). THESE FUNDS WILL ASSIST TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BUZZARDS BAY COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN (CCMP). TCBB IS A DESIGNATED BUZZARDS BAY CCMP IMPLEMENTATION ENTITY. THE GOAL IS TO RESTORE AND MAINTAIN THE CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY OF THE ESTUARY AND SUPPORT ITS SUSTAINABLE HUMAN USES THROUGH WATER QUALITY MONITORING OUTLINED IN THE WORKPLAN OF THE BBC AND ITS PARTNERS. THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT SUPPORTS WATER QUALITY TRAINING AND TESTING, WHICH SUPPORTS A PRIORITY ACTION PLAN IN THE BUZZARDS BAY CCMP.

AS DIRECTED BY SECTION 320 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, THIS PROJECT UNDER THE NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTS RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BUZZARDS BAY CO

AS DIRECTED BY SECTION 320 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, THIS PROJECT UNDER THE NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTS RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BUZZARDS BAY CO

AS DIRECTED BY SECTION 320 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, THIS PROJECT UNDER THE NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTS RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BUZZARDS BAY COM

AS DIRECTED BY SECTION 320 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, THIS PROJECT UNDER THE NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTS RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BUZZARDS BAY COM

AS DIRECTED BY SECTION 320 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, THIS PROJECT IS BEING FUNDED UNDER THE NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTS RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE

AS DIRECTED BY SECTION 320 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, THIS PROJECT UNDER THE NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTS RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BUZZARDS BAY COM

AS DIRECTED BY SECTION 320 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, THIS PROJECT UNDER THE NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTS RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BUZZARDS BAY COM

AS DIRECTED BY SECTION 320 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, THIS PROJECT UNDER THE NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTS RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BUZZARDS BAY COM

WEWEANTIC RIVER FEASIBILITY STUDY

BUZZARDS BAY: LOWER WEWEANTIC