NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY, NEW YORK
CLIMATE CHALLENGE: Rising Seas
GRANT AWARD: $154,245; YEAR awarded: 2019
Along THE COASTS OF NEW YORK, climate-driven sea level rise is threatening habitat-dependent species, such as the Saltmarsh Sparrow, due to decreased availability and quality of coastal salt marsh and more frequent flooding of salt marshes. This project will apply thin layer sediment deposition and plant native salt marsh vegetation to enhance160 acres of salt marsh habitat. Salt marsh restoration implemented in Idlewild Park will benefit the adjacent urban Brookville/Rosedale neighborhoods of southeastern Queens, areas already prone to chronic flooding, by reducing the potential for sunny day flooding and flooding during increasingly common large storm events.