Leveraging Funds for Bigger Results

The Council maximizes the ecosystem benefits of its investments by leveraging funds with other restoration partners. These partnerships mean bigger projects with greater environmental results. This leveraging can be seen in the Council’s investments in linear projects such as living shorelines, which can be incrementally extended as new funding sources are added. Some examples include the Rockefeller Refuge Shoreline Stabilization project, Manchac Landbridge Shoreline Protection project, Hancock County Marsh Living Shoreline project, and the ongoing Pensacola Bay Living Shoreline project.

Marsh living shoreline in Hancock County — Hancock County Marsh Living Shoreline – $6 Million in RESTORE funds builds on early investments of Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) funds to add an additional 1.5 miles of living shorelines.