Department of the Interior Project # CHN76; Hurricane Sandy; construct two living shoreline projects and two acres of oyster reef on the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, VA

Post Date

April 16th 2014

Application Due Date

May 19th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

F14AS00163

CFDA Number(s)

15.677

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Other

Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief- PL 113-02

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $525754

• Award Range:

  $525754 - $525754

Grant Description

This is an announcement for issuing a single source financial assistance award to The Nature Conservancy (TNC). The Department of the Interior Project # is CHN76. This announcement is for notification purposes only. The intent of the award is to construct two living shoreline projects and two acres of oyster reef on the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) that will help restore and rebuild the NWR from impacts associated with Hurricane Sandy. This award is issued to provide financial assistance to collaboratively-developed priority projects in Hurricane Sandy disaster areas that will restore environmental resources, reduce flood hazards and increase coastal resiliency through collaborative efforts with local communities. The project will improve flood and coastal resiliency, create and restore ecosystem function, provide fish and wildlife habitat, reduce potential flood damage, and increase public safety. The Chincoteague NWR Living Shorelines/Living Reefs project has three goals: (1) to construct 900 linear feet of living shoreline composed of oyster castles, an alternative substrate utilized in oyster restoration, along the Tomкs Cove section of the Beach Access Road at Chincoteague NWR, (2) to construct two acres of oyster reef composed of dredged fossil oyster shell in Tomкs Cove offshore of the Beach Access Road, and (3) to construct 2150 linear feet of living shoreline along the low water mark across the cove along the Service Road at the North Wash Flats on Chincoteague NWR. The living shoreline at both sites will consist of two staggered rows of 7 foot long arrays of oyster castles separated by seven feet of bottom. Each array will be three feet wide and 17 inches high and each row of staggered arrays will be 3.5 feet apart. The oyster castles at the Tomкs Cove site will be deployed from the adjacent causeway road via crane. The oyster castles utilized across the cove along the Service Road at the North Wash Flats will be staged at the refuge boat landing and deployed from small barges at the restoration site by the contractor. The 50,000 bushels of fossil shell utilized in the construction of the oyster reefs at Tomкs Cove will be dredged from a State approved dredge site near Wreck Island, trucked to the Refuge, staged at the boat landing, and deployed by the contractor via traditional shell planting techniques from small barges at the restored reef sites.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Arnold Zinan, 413 253 8528
  arnold_zinan@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  arnold_zinan@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  arnold_zinan@fws.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov