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Bronx Restoration Sites

Proposed Soundview Park Salt Marsh RestorationPhotograph of the Soundview Park Salt Marsh restoration area
Project Goals

  • Restore 4 acres of salt marsh.
  • Remove stands of invasive plants (Phragmites australis)
  • Remove non-point source pollution.
  • Enhance public waterfront access.
Project Benefits
  • Restored habitat value for fish, invertebrate, and bird species.
  • Control of invasive plant species.
  • Improved pollutant filtration.
Funding applied for from the City of New York and the New York State Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act with potential USACE match.

Shoelace Park, Bronx River Bioengineering Demonstration ProjectPhotograph of Shoelace Park, Bronx River Bioengineering demonstration project
Project Components

  • 500 feet of Bioengineering Installation.
  • Planted over 6,000 dogwoods and willows.
Project Benefits
  • Evaluation of bioengineering techniques resulting in design improvements to NRG restoration projects.
  • Stream Bank Stabilization and Erosion Control in Demonstration Project Area

Funded by US EPA and the NYC Environmental Fund, Project Budget = $30,000.

Seton Falls Park Forest and Wetland RestorationIllustration of Seton Falls Park Forest and Wetland restoration, click to enlarge the map illustration
Project Components

  • Restoration of forest and wetland ecosystems.
  • Re-vegetation of denuded upland soils.
  • Erosion Control
Project Benefits
  • Improved aquatic and upland habitat.
  • Stabilized slopes, reduced runoff.
  • Control of invasive, non- native plants

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Funding by The City of New York and The New York State Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act

Pelham Bay Salt Marsh RestorationPhotograph of Pelham Bay Salt Marsh restoration
Project Components

  • Restoration of 4 acres of salt marsh.
  • 23,000 cubic yards of fill removed.
  • Propagated and planted 57,000 spartina alterniflora seedlings.
Project Benefits
  • Restored habitat value for fish, invertebrate, and bird species.
  • Control of invasive plant species.
  • Improved flood retention.
  • Improved pollutant filtration.

Funding by The City of New York and The New York State Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Ac

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