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Project #3002
Habitat Restoration in the Saw Grass Point Salt Marsh
Dauphin Island, Alabama
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Project name: #3002
Habitat Restoration in the Saw Grass Point Salt Marsh
Project status: In progress
Grant Administrator:
Gulf of Mexico Foundation
(for NOAA)
Grantee:
Auburn University
Project location: Dauphin Island, Alabama
Grant period: Jan
1, 2004 - Aug 31, 2004 (extended to Feb 28, 2005)
Grant amount: $30,840
Project leader:
LaDon Swann
Auburn University and
MS-AL Sea Grant Consortium
150 Agassiz St.
Daupin Island, AL 36528
(251) 861-3018 phone
(228) 818-8841 fax
Project Objectives:
- Remove four derelict vessels along southeastern
edge of Saw Grass Point Salt Marsh
- Create and monitor constructed breakwaters to
serve as oyster reefs along the eastern edge of Saw
Grass Point Salt Marsh
- Replant and monitor marsh grasses and native woody
plants behind the newly established breakwaters
- Provide educational opportunities and foster
community participation in the restoration project
Project plans include installing breakwaters (red
circles) and planting both woody and herbaceous
plants to help prevent erosion
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Final Progress Report:
by project leader LaDon Swann, July 7, 2005
The project has been a tremendous success. An
additional $70,000 was leveraged using the initial
$30,000 from the Gulf of Mexico Foundation.
Residents of Dauphin Island are delighted to have the
WAS installed to preserve the salt marsh adjacent to
Fort Gaines Harbor.
Fishers are frequently fishing
around the WADs due to the creation of new aquatic
habitat.
The Town of Dauphin Island is constructing a small
pier along the WADs to provide a scenic overlook into
the marsh for birders and new fishing opportunities for
residents and visitors to the Island.
Auburn University, Department of Fisheries and Allied
Aquacultures has agreed to conduct long-term monitoring
the site through graduate students on research
assistantships.
This project is serving as a model for a large-scale
project along the three-mile causeway north of Dauphin
Island.
There were no short-term impacts from this project
and the long-term monitoring program
Community involvement
- Town of Dauphin Island
- Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts (Troop 5) Dauphin Island
Public Outreach
- Pyramids for Preservation, Mobile Register, April 7,
2005
- Alabama School of Math and Science
Lessons Learned
- Far more expensive than anticipated
- The permitting process for habitat restoration and
creation is far too cumbersome.
- Funding opportunities for follow-up monitoring should
be available from NOAA community restoration partners.
We finished the GMF aspect of the project on May
28, 2005, with
local Boy Scouts completing the plantings. -LaDon Swann
Project Partnerships:
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Gulf of Mexico Foundation - PMB 51, 5403 Everhart - Corpus Christi, TX 78411
(800) 884-4175 toll free - (361) 882-3939 phone - (361) 882-1262 fax
e-mail:
info@gulfmex.org
website:
gulfmex.org
webmaster:
Carrie Robertson
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