Description
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to award a single source cooperative agreement to Mississippi State University to implement the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program. The program aims to restore natural resources and their services injured by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The project will restore at least 2,200 feet of shoreline in Little Lagoon, Gulf Shores, Alabama, by creating a living shoreline using natural materials. The project includes evaluation, planning, implementation, monitoring, and adaptive management. Key tasks include performing a site assessment, providing guidance during construction, and conducting post-construction monitoring.
• The project will reduce erosion of adjacent endangered Alabama beach mouse habitat and create storm-resilient and biologically productive shoreline habitat.
• The project will use natural materials rather than hardened structures or barriers to provide protective erosion control management and restore natural habitat, functions, and processes.
• The project will be implemented over a period of 3 years, with a total award of up to $90,000.
• The project will be monitored and evaluated to assess its effectiveness in restoring the injured resources and achieving the program's goals.