STREAM CROSSING BARRIERS
PROJECT BACKGROUND
Thanks to the generous support of the Massachusetts Environmental Trust Grant program, we have been working with UMASS Amherst professor Scott Jackson and the North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative (NAACC) to develop and test a new Tidal Stream Crossing protocol.
PROJECT OUTCOMES
SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES AND DATA SETS
ORCHARD STREET CASE STUDY
As a result of the 2019 MassBays Healthy Estuaries Great Marsh Barriers Mitigation Project municipal engagement activities, The Town of Newbury applied for and received a two year Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Action Grant to conduct field assessments and designs for the Orchard Street tidal culvert shown above.
Project Documents: Technical Memo (available soon)
Permit Considerations for Tidal Crossing Projects (available soon)
Project Team: Town of Newbury Department of Public Works, Ipswich River Watershed Association, GILL engineering, Applied Coastal Research and Engineering
PROJECT PARTNERS
Project Team: Ipswich River Watershed Association and North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative (NAACC).
Grant Funding: This project was funded in part by the Massachusetts Environmental Trust and Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Action Grants Program.
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