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Journal Entry   Back Two salt marsh restoration projects receive U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and FishAmerica Foundatio 10 Region, May 19, 2005 Print Friendly Version The Gulf of Maine Coastal Program recently learned that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and FishAmerica Foundation have provided joint funding to help implement two important salt marsh restoration projects in Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area. On behalf of locally-based Friends of Scarborough Marsh, Gulf of Maine Coastal Program Biologist Sandra Lary successfully applied for these funds that will provide partial funding for the restoration of the Nonesuch River section of the Marsh, and for Phragmites management and control operations throughout Scarborough Marsh. Both projects will benefit native salt marsh plants and animals, including furbearing mammals, migratory, feeding and roosting waterbirds, and fish ranging in size from mosquito-eating mummichogs and sticklebacks to sport fish like striped bass and American shad. We particularly thank Steve Hill for his creative work and active involvement in developing agreements that leveraged Fish and Wildlife Service Partners for Fish and Wildlife funds with FishAmerica funds, allowing these important salt marsh restoration projects to move forward: Nonesuch Salt Marsh Restoration U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/FishAmerica Foundation funds: $15,000.00 Total cost: $126,000 This project will restore a 250-acre section of the Nonesuch River salt marsh, the largest sub-watershed within the 3,100 acres Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area. Restoration work is designed to improve the hydrologic function and ecological vitality of the marsh by: ? Breaching an abandoned road in 15 locations. Breaching the road will eliminate a significant barrier to saltwater flow over the marsh and remove sections of the elevated berm that invite the establishment of Phragmites. ? Installing earthen ditch plugs in strategic locations to prevent excessive draining of the salt marsh through the ditches. The ditch plug material will be taken from breached sections of the berm that are free of Phragmites. ? Controlling Phragmites with herbicide, followed by mowing and mulching of dead remains. Invasive Species Control and Native Saltmarsh Habitat Restoration Project U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/FishAmerica funds: $20,000.00 Total cost: $100,000 This project will focus on the removal and reduction of non-native and invasive Phragmites in sections of the 3,100-acre Scarborough Marsh where sizeable patches pose the greatest threat of overtaking the Marsh -- such as Libby River, along Route 1, Prouts Neck and Stuart Brook. Specific distribution of funds will be based on highest priority needs and opportunities for positive impact. Partners propose to control Phragmites first and foremost, by addressing the causes of habitat degradation, which encouraged the establishment of the invasive plant in the first place. Therefore, prime control techniques will include replacing undersized culverts, breaching man-made berms and installing ditch plugs. In some cases, an approved herbicide will be selectively applied to Phragmites by a licensed applicator, dead Phragmites will be mowed and mulched, and excessive peat material or fill that unnaturally raises the surface of the marsh may be removed. Controlling the spread of Phragmites will help maintain native biodiversity of plants, fish and wildlife, and will help maintain the biological productivity of the marsh. Partners involved in both of these restoration efforts include: Friends of Scarborough Marsh, Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Gulf of Maine Coastal Program, Ducks Unlimited, Maine Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Maine Audubon Society, as well as environmental consulting firms and restoration contractors. No contact information available. Please contact Charles Traxler, 612-713-5313, charles_traxler@fws.gov Send to: From: Notes: ..........................................................................................

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