Who is a member?
Our members are the local governments of Massachusetts and their elected and appointed leadership.
The Healey-Driscoll administration on Jan. 13 announced more than $2 million in funding to restore and monitor salt marshes along the Massachusetts coastline.
Salt marshes are important ecosystems that help to prevent flooding and storm damage to communities. They also function as habitat for fish and wildlife, and absorb carbon that would otherwise contribute to climate change.
The Salt Marsh Restoration and Monitoring grants, administered by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, will support seven projects to restore and monitor degraded salt marsh ecosystems, according to the administration. The resulting data will help identify effective restoration techniques, and combinations of techniques, to inform future restoration efforts and investment.
The grants are part of the administration’s efforts to promote resilience and support ecological restoration projects, including the issuance of salt marsh restoration guidance by MassDEP.
Awards between $40,000 and $389,000 were made to projects in Boston, Buzzards Bay, Dennis and Falmouth, Eastham, the North Shore, and Newbury, Essex and Ipswich.
Additional information, along with a full list of projects, is available at mass.gov.