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Salt Marsh Restoration

Overview

NHCP has been heavily involved in salt marsh restoration since 1990 by funding numerous projects through the Section 306A program. Among these have been projects in Rye, Hampton, and Seabrook that have restored over 100 acres of marsh. These projects include replacing inadequate culverts, removing fill, and Phragmites mitigation. In 1994, the Natural Resources Conservation Service identified 31 tidal restrictions on the coast. Of these, 15 have been eliminated, restoring approximately 720 acres of marsh.

Publications

• List of Restored Salt Marshes Pre-1998 to 2004
• Life in New Hampshire Salt Marshes: A Quick-Reference Field Guide
• Functions and Values of a Salt Marsh(Fact Sheet WMB-CP-07)
• What is a Salt Marsh? Salt Marsh Habitat Zonation(Fact Sheet WMB-CP-06)
• Salt Marsh Parameters & Protocols in New Hampshire
• Threats to the Salt Marsh Environment(Fact Sheet WMB-CP-08)
• A Volunteer’s Handbook for Monitoring New Hampshire Salt Marshes(Publication WD-04-21)
• NH Volunteer Saltmarsh Monitoring Program Field Data Sheets
• NH Salt Marsh Restoration Fact Sheets:
  • Awcomin Salt Marsh, Rye NH(Fact Sheet WMB-CP-11)
  • Bass Beach Marsh, Rye NH(Fact Sheet WMB-CP-12)
  • Fairhill Marsh, Rye NH(Fact Sheet WMB-CP-13)
  • Little River Salt Marsh, N. Hampton(Fact Sheet WMB-CP-14)
  • Meadow Pond, Hampton NH(Fact Sheet WMB-CP-15)
  • Parson’s Creek Marsh, Rye NH(Fact Sheet WMB-CP-16)
  • Pickering Brook Marsh, Greenland NH(Fact Sheet WMB-CP-17)

Resources/Links

• Salt Marshes of the Gulf of Maine
• Salt Marshes: Restoring New Hampshire’s Coastal Wetlands

Contact Us

• Kevin Lucey, Restoration Coordinator
  New Hampshire Coastal Program
  NH Dept. of Environmental Services
  Pease Tradeport 
  222 International Drive, Suite 175
  Portsmouth, NH 03801
  (603) 559-0026
  kevin.lucey@des.nh.gov
  
  

 

 

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