Outreach data Available Upon Request This project is part of the Connecting Coastal Waters initiative NOAA would lead with partners to implement projects that restore the extent, functionality, and resiliency of Gulf Coast wetlands. This project would restore a natural hydrology to a total of 470 acres of wetlands at three sites within the Mobile Bay ecosystem in Alabama. At each site, this project would implement restoration activities, conduct monitoring to assess restoration outcomes, and engage in outreach and educational activities with restoration practitioners and stakeholders.

This project is part of the Connecting Coastal Waters initiative NOAA would lead with partners to implement projects that restore the extent, functionality, and resiliency of Gulf Coast wetlands. This project would restore a natural hydrology to a total of 470 acres of wetlands at three sites within the Mobile Bay ecosystem in Alabama. At each site, this project would implement restoration activities, conduct monitoring to assess restoration outcomes, and engage in outreach and educational activities with restoration practitioners and stakeholders.

This is a planning project that includes engineering and design of the Biloxi Marsh Living Shoreline project, leading to construction-ready plans and specifications and the development of an adaptive management plan to guide decision-making for future project maintenance activities. The Biloxi Marshes consist of approximately 49,000 hectares of brackish and salt marshes, which provide important storm buffer for New Orleans (a world-famous cultural and economic center for the Gulf region) as well as key habitat and ecosystem services. The marshes have been greatly impacted by shoreline erosion from wind-driven waves. The proposed Biloxi Marsh Living Shoreline project, if implemented in the future, would create approximately 47,000 feet of bioengineered oyster barrier reef fringing the marshes, which would reduce shoreline erosion and recession, prevent further marsh degradation, promote community resilience, and enhance local fisheries and oyster production. Technical memorandum and detailed data collection plan

This is a planning project that includes engineering and design of the Golden Triangle Marsh Creation project, leading to construction-ready plans and specifications and the development of an adaptive management plan to guide decision-making for future project maintenance activities. The proposed Golden Triangle Marsh Creation project, if implemented in the future, would restore and protect approximately 600 acres of valuable wetland, fish, and wildlife habitat within the Golden Triangle, a narrow band of brackish marsh directly east of New Orleans between Lake Borgne and the confluence of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Because the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal/Lake Borgne Surge Barrier stretches across the Golden Triangle Marsh, these wetlands provide an important natural buffer in the multiple lines of defense protecting geographically and socially vulnerable communities in New Orleans from storm surge. In addition, the Golden Triangle Marsh falls within – and would enhance if fully implemented – the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, which includes fresh and brackish marshes, coastal hardwood forest, and serves as valuable wildlife, fish, and shellfish habitat. (PO-163) Data Gap Analysis

Meadows Tract FWS ESA MMPA CBRA BGEPA MBTA This project is part of the Connecting Coastal Waters initiative NOAA would lead with partners to implement projects that restore the extent, functionality, and resiliency of Gulf Coast wetlands. This project would restore a natural hydrology to a total of 470 acres of wetlands at three sites within the Mobile Bay ecosystem in Alabama. At each site, this project would implement restoration activities, conduct monitoring to assess restoration outcomes, and engage in outreach and educational activities with restoration practitioners and stakeholders.

Draft Monitoring Plan. This project is part of the Connecting Coastal Waters initiative NOAA would lead with partners to implement projects that restore the extent, functionality, and resiliency of Gulf Coast wetlands. This project would restore a natural hydrology to a total of 470 acres of wetlands at three sites within the Mobile Bay ecosystem in Alabama. At each site, this project would implement restoration activities, conduct monitoring to assess restoration outcomes, and engage in outreach and educational activities with restoration practitioners and stakeholders.

Environmental Compliance Documentation for Marsh Restoration in Fish River, Weeks Bay, Oyster Bay & Meadows Tract -Fish River & Weeks Bay Marsh, includes: a) Fish River Compliance National Historic Preservation Act Section 106; b ) Fish River Compliance MBTA BGEPA CBRA MMPA ESA; c) ESA, EFH and MMPA Compliance for RESTORE Act Connecting Coastal Waters Projects in Alabama: Fish River, Oyster Bay and Meadows Tract

This is a planning project that includes engineering and design of the Biloxi Marsh Living Shoreline project, leading to construction-ready plans and specifications and the development of an adaptive management plan to guide decision-making for future project maintenance activities. The Biloxi Marshes consist of approximately 49,000 hectares of brackish and salt marshes, which provide important storm buffer for New Orleans (a world-famous cultural and economic center for the Gulf region) as well as key habitat and ecosystem services. The marshes have been greatly impacted by shoreline erosion from wind-driven waves. The proposed Biloxi Marsh Living Shoreline project, if implemented in the future, would create approximately 47,000 feet of bioengineered oyster barrier reef fringing the marshes, which would reduce shoreline erosion and recession, prevent further marsh degradation, promote community resilience, and enhance local fisheries and oyster production. Geotechnical Engineering Report Biloxi Marsh Living Shoreline Project (PO-174)

This is a planning project that includes engineering and design of the Biloxi Marsh Living Shoreline project, leading to construction-ready plans and specifications and the development of an adaptive management plan to guide decision-making for future project maintenance activities. The Biloxi Marshes consist of approximately 49,000 hectares of brackish and salt marshes, which provide important storm buffer for New Orleans (a world-famous cultural and economic center for the Gulf region) as well as key habitat and ecosystem services. The marshes have been greatly impacted by shoreline erosion from wind-driven waves. The proposed Biloxi Marsh Living Shoreline project, if implemented in the future, would create approximately 47,000 feet of bioengineered oyster barrier reef fringing the marshes, which would reduce shoreline erosion and recession, prevent further marsh degradation, promote community resilience, and enhance local fisheries and oyster production. Biloxi Marsh Living Shoreline Project Hydrodynamic Data Collection Report

This is a planning project that includes engineering and design of the Biloxi Marsh Living Shoreline project, leading to construction-ready plans and specifications and the development of an adaptive management plan to guide decision-making for future project maintenance activities. The Biloxi Marshes consist of approximately 49,000 hectares of brackish and salt marshes, which provide important storm buffer for New Orleans (a world-famous cultural and economic center for the Gulf region) as well as key habitat and ecosystem services. The marshes have been greatly impacted by shoreline erosion from wind-driven waves. The proposed Biloxi Marsh Living Shoreline project, if implemented in the future, would create approximately 47,000 feet of bioengineered oyster barrier reef fringing the marshes, which would reduce shoreline erosion and recession, prevent further marsh degradation, promote community resilience, and enhance local fisheries and oyster production. PO-0174 Biloxi Marsh Living Shoreline Oblique Photos