Brooklyn Restoration Sites
Four Sparrow Marsh Habitat Restoration
Restoration of 3.4
acres of upland natural area buffers between proximal
development sites and Mill Basin
Project Goals
- Enhance wildlife biodiversity in aquatic, salt marsh, and upland ecosystem.
- Reduce non-point source pollution.
- Control invasion by nonnative plant species, restore native plant species diversity.
- Reduce Erosion.
- Excavation of 8,205 cubic yards of fill material.
- 2.7 acre tidal wetland restoration.
- 0.7 acre woodland buffer restoration.
- Removed accumulated wrack/debris, isolate future marine debris accumulation.
- Removed nonnative plant species, discourage re-invasion.
- Introduce native, nursery grown, woody, and herbaceous plant species to promote more diverse seed bank.
- Discourage use of area by dirt/mountain bike riders and illegal dumping.
- Reduce non-point source pollution into Mill Basin.
- Greater biodiversity.
- Natural areas more resistant to urban encroachment.
- Improved uptake of nutrients and filtration of pollutants.
Funded by The City of New York and the New York State Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act.
Proposed
Gerritsen Creek Salt Marsh Restoration
Project Components
- Excavation of fill material.
- 8 acre tidal wetland restoration and 8 acre of grass restoration.
- Remove nonnative plant species, discourage re-invasion.
- Introduce native, nursery grown, woody, and herbaceous plant species to promote more diverse seed bank.
- Reduce non-point source pollution into Gerritsen Creek.
- Greater biodiversity.
- Natural areas more resistant to urban encroachment.
- Improved uptake of nutrients and filtration of pollutants.
Funding
applied for from The City of New York and the New
York State Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act ($1,300,000)
and USACE ($4,900,000)
Anticipated project budget=$6.2 million