PENSACOLA, Fla., June 30, 2021 /CSRwire/ - The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and partners announce the start of construction on the Pensacola East Bay Oyster Habitat Restoration Project to boost oyster populations in East and Blackwater Bays. The project is the largest scale estuarine habitat restoration undertaken by TNC in Florida 33 oyster reefs will be placed along approximately 6.5 miles of Santa Rosa County shoreline, to return oysters to a region where they thrived historically but have since declined.
The restoration project is funded by a $15 million grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund (NFWF GEBF) through funding from the criminal settlement of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The reefs will help to restore oysters to the bays and in doing so benefit the oyster fishery, wildlife, water quality, and nearshore habitats. The project aligns with the new regional oyster fisheries and habitat management plan, created to improve the
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Two coastal restoration projects totaling $68.5M get approval
Five additional projects in the Gulf of Mexico will also benefit the Mississippi coast.
Two coastal restoration projects totaling $68.5M get approval By Chancelor Winn | April 29, 2021 at 8:51 AM CDT - Updated April 29 at 8:52 AM
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Nearly $70 million has been approved for two restoration projects on the Mississippi Gulf Coast that will help improve water quality and enhance the coastal habitat for fish and wildlife.
Gov. Reeves announced Wednesday that the RESTORE Council approved a plan that includes the two restoration projects for Mississippi, as well as five additional projects in the Gulf of Mexico that will also benefit the coast.