Gulf of Maine Council

Inventory of habitat restoration projects

The Gulf of Maine Council's Habitat Restoration Grants Program funds habitat restoration projects to improve the health of the Gulf of Maine and its watershed. The Council provides the grants in partnership with the NOAA Community-based Restoration Program. Projects funded by the Habitat Restoration Grants Program are listed on this page. The projects can be searched or seen on an interactive map.

MAINE

East Elm Street Fish Ladder Water Flow Improvement/Sediment Dredging
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Dingley Island Tidal Flow Restoration
City/town: Harpswell
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Pemaquid Salt Marsh Monitoring
City/town: Damariscotta
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"A Study Toward the Co-management of Alewives and Smallmouth Bass in the St. Croix River, Maine/NB"
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Sebasticook River Channel Restoration (2002)
City/town: Newport
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Sebasticook River Channel Restoration (2004)
City/town: Newport
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Wheeler Wildlife Refuge Salt Marsh Restoration
City/town: York
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Implementation of Palermo Bank Erosion Assessment and Recommendations
City/town: Palermo
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Smelt Hill Dam Riparian Buffer Restoration
City/town: Falmouth
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Dingley Island Tidal Flow Restoration
City/town: Harpswell
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Restoring Habitat Connectivity for Penobscot River Diadromous Fish
City/town: Augusta
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Montsweag Brook Restoration Project
City/town: Wiscasset
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Somerville Road NPS Reduction
City/town: Somerville
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Pemaquid Marsh Restoration Project
City/town: Bristol
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Inventory of Restoration Opportunities in the Lower Presumpscot River Watershed and Esturary
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The Medomak River Alewife Enhancement Project
City/town: Waldoboro
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Webber Pond Alewife Restoration
City/town: Vassalboro
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Bar Harbor Eelgrass Habitat Restoration (2007)
City/town: Bar Harbor
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Somesville Fish Passage Restoration Project -phase 2
City/town: Mount Desert
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Post Removal Monitoring of the St. George River: Whats Happening Four Years After the Removal of Sennebec Dam
City/town: Portland
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Sherman Marsh Tidal Restoration and Monitoring
City/town: Newcastle
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Fishway Improvements / Winnegance Lake Outlet
City/town: Bath
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Drakes Island Salt Marsh Monitoring and Management
City/town: Wells
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Restoration Seminar and Baseline Data Collection at Addison, Maine
City/town: Addison
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Somesville Fish Passage Improvement Project
City/town: Mount Desert
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Drakes Island Salt Marsh Restoration
City/town: Wells
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New Hampshire Marsh Monitors--Volunteer Saltmarsh Monitoring
City/town: Seal Harbor
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Geomorphic and biological survey of Grand Stream Lake for Diadromous fish habitat Identification
City/town: Bangor
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Sedgeunkedunk Meadows Fish Passage Development Project
City/town: Orrington
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MASSACHUSETTS

Third Herring Brook Restoration
City/town: Norwell
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Sesuit Creek Herring Run Restoration
City/town: Dennis
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Quivett Creek Salt Marsh and Anadromous Fish Restoration
City/town: East Dennis
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Barnstable Harbor Oyster Habitat Restoration
City/town: Barnstable
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Bridge Creek Salt Marsh Restoration Project
City/town: Barnstable
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Marstons Mills Herring Ladder Improvements
City/town: Marston Mills
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Forest River Salt Marsh Restoration & Stewardship Project
City/town: Salem
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Research-Level Salt March Monitoring at Sesuit Creek, Dennis
City/town: Barnstable
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Larkin Mill Dam Removal
City/town: Newbury
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Town Brook Herring Run Restoration: Billington and Newfield Streets
City/town: Plymouth
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Jenney Grist Mill Fishway Improvements
City/town: Plymouth
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Town Brook Herring Run Restoration- Billington and Newfield St.
City/town: Plymouth
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Quivett Creek Salt Marsh and Anadromous Fish Restoration
City/town: East Dennis
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Woolen Mill Dam Fish Passage Improvement
City/town: Newbury
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Restoring Anadromous Fish Passgae on Third Herring Brook: Phase II
City/town: Norwell
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Jenney Grist Mill Fishway Improvement Project
City/town: Plymouth
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Marstons Mills Herring Run Project
City/town: Marstons Mills
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Restoration of Fish Passage to Upper Shawme Pond
City/town: Sandwich
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Rock Harbor Creek/Cedar Pond Salt Marsh Restoration Project
City/town: North Chatham
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Restoration Project Development for Degraded Salt Marshes in the Great Marsh Region on Massachusetts' North Shore
City/town: Boston
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Town Brook Dam Removal
City/town: Boston
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Damde Meddowes Salt Marsh Restoration
City/town: Hingham
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Old Town Hill Salt Marsh Restoration
City/town: Newbury
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Seaview Street Salt Marsh and Fishery Restoration
City/town: Rockport
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Third Herring Brook Restoration
City/town: Norwell
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Bridge Creek Salt Marsh Restoration - Phase I
City/town: Barnstable
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Barnstable Harbor Oyster Habitat Restoration
City/town: Barnstable
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Sesuit Creek Herring Run Restoration
City/town: Dennis
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Oak Island Marsh Restoration
City/town: Revere
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Saugus American Eel Ramp
City/town: Gloucester
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Woolen Mill Dam Fish Passage Improvement
City/town: Gloucester
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Marston Mills Herring Run Restoration
City/town: Barnstable
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Salt Marsh monitoring on Cape Cod
City/town: Barnstable
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Herring River Restoration ProjectMapping and Modeling
City/town: Wellfleet
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Restoration and Feasibility Assessment of Paines Creek and Stony Brook
City/town: Brewster
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Salt Marsh Restoration Monitoring, Cape Cod
City/town: Barnstable
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A Community Effort to Restore Sea Clams to Cape Cod
City/town: Woods Hole
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Phragmites austrailis Eradication Pilot Project
City/town: Salem
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Bass Creek Salt Marsh Restoration Project
City/town: South Yarmouth
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Little Namskaket Creek Salt Marsh Restoration Project
City/town: Orleans
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Old Town Hill and Newman Road Salt Marsh
City/town: Newbury
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Island Creek Rainbow Smelt and Herring Run Restoration
City/town: Duxbury
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Musquash Marsh Restoration Monitoring
City/town: Amherst
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Eastern Point Salt Marsh Post-Restoration Monitoring and Stewardship Project
City/town: Salem
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Feasibility Analysis for Willowdale Dam Fish Passage Improvement
City/town: Gloucester
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Tidal Pond Restoration of Straits Pond and Replacement of Culvert/Tidal Gate over Straights Channel
City/town: Hull
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Evaluation of Saugus River Fish Passage and Hydrology
City/town: Saugus
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Restoration of Lieutenant's Island Salt Marsh
City/town: South Wellfleet
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Litte River Stream Naturalization and Habitat Restoration
City/town: Wenham
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Feasibility Study for Wapping Dam Removal and Fish Passage Options, Jones River
City/town: Kingston
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NEW HAMPSHIRE

Merrimack Village Dam Removal
City/town: Concord
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Evaluation of Wiswall Dam Modifications
City/town: Durham
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New Hampshire Marsh Monitors Volunteer Salt Marsh Monitoring Program
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Taylor River Dam Feasibility Study
City/town: Concord
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Restoration Seminar II and Baseline Data Collection at Addison, Maine
City/town: Durham
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NEW BRUNSWICK

NOVA SCOTIA

Cheverie Creek Salt Marsh and Tidal River Restoration Project
City/town: Cheverie
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French Basin Salt Marsh Restoration Plan
City/town: Annapolis Royal
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