A draft amendment to the Housatonic River Basin Natural Resources Restoration Plan, proposing to fund seven additional projects in the Aquatic Restoration category, has been released. 

 

The original Plan, adopted in 2009, provided $7 million to 27 projects now underway, across three restoration categories:

Since the actual cost of the aquatic natural resource projects was substantially less than the riparian and recreational use projects, the Trustee SubCouncil reserved a portion of the settlement to fund future projects in this category, through amendments to the plan. Remaining settlement funds have grown to more than $2 million in an interest-bearing fund. 

 

 

 

 

Title	Project Sponsor
Power Line Marsh Housatonic River Habitat Restoration Project	CT DEEP
Restoration and Research of American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) in the Housatonic River Watershed	Housatonic Environmental Action League, Inc.
Housatonic Watershed Habitat Continuity in Northwest Connecticut	Housatonic Valley Association
Heminway Pond Dam Removal, Steele Brook, Aquatic Natural Resources Restoration/Enhancement	Town of Watertown
Leetes Island Tidal Marsh Habitat Restoration Project	CT DEEP
Long Beach West Tidal Marsh Habitat Restoration Project	CT DEEP
McKinney NWR Great Meadows Unit, Stratford, Connecticut Conceptual Marsh Restoration   -  Photos	Lordship Point/Raymark Trustee Council
Old Papermill Pond Dam Fish Passage Project	Ousatonic Fish and Game Club
Removal of Pin Shop Pond Dam	The Old Pin Shop, LLC
Tingue Dam Bypass Channel (Application for NOAA Coastal and Marine Habitat Restoration Project Grants Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) This project is primarily being funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; Housatonic NRD funds will only be applied should there be a budget shortfall.	CT DEEP