The Cape Cod Foundation selects Friends of Herring River for $25,000 Targeted Capacity Building Grant

These funds are for FHR, not restoration project services and management, and will be strategically used to help us make operational improvements and advance our mission. We'll also join a cohort of other Cape nonprofit grant recipients to foster collaboration and help support the sector. It is an exciting time at FHR and we are truly grateful for broad community support and these needed resources. Thank you, The Cape Cod Foundation!

Herring River Restoration Project received $899,200 through MA Department of Fish and Game's Division of Ecological Restoration (DER)'s Priority Projects Program

Friends of Herring River (FHR) attended DER's awards ceremony last week as part of the Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $3.7 Million to Support Ecological Restoration Projects (press release) for river and wetlands.

FHR is the recipient of this award, as funding for Herring River Restoration Project non-construction activities, which FHR has managed annually for about a decade. About the Herring River Restoration Project and award, DER writes as "the largest tidal estuary restoration ever undertaken in Massachusetts and the North Atlantic coastal region and will restore approximately 890 acres of degraded salt marsh and estuarine habitats once completed. This award supports administrative, technical, regulatory compliance, outreach/communications, monitoring, and project coordination tasks as construction proceeds."  Thank you, DER!

Did you know?

You can catch updates on Herring River Restoration Project

activity at public meetings such as:

Selectboard Meetings, Town of Wellfleet

Anticipated HRRP items on Tuesdays, September 10 and September 17.

Watch the Town of Wellfleet website for agendas & details.

Herring River Executive Council

Thursday, September 19 at 3:00 pm

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87830930305?pwd=1gfKherGayDgBaaoaQpk5333BWRqQY.1

Meeting ID: 878 3093 0305 Passcode: 930985

Very thoughtful, science-driven, planning, coordination, construction implementation and adaptive management continues across all the infrastructure elements and for vegetation, monitoring, and more.

State of Wellfleet Harbor Conference - 22nd Annual

Saturday, November 2, 2024 @ 9:00 am

NEW location - Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre at 2357 State Highway Route 6, Wellfleet

Attendance is free; pre-registration HERE is encouraged, but not required

Presentation Topics: eelgrass restoration, avian influenza, climate effects on salt marsh habitat, sponge/fish/harbor research, and more.

Poster Presentations: on bamboo worms, Duck Harbor, oysters, and more will be on display alongside student researchers and scientists.

Optional Field Trip: sign-up at conference to see the International Fund for Animal Welfare facility in Orleans, at 2:00 pm this same day.

Purpose of the State of Wellfleet Harbor Conference is to inform the residents of Wellfleet & surrounding towns about the research and monitoring projects that are taking place in Wellfleet Harbor, and to identify residents’ concerns and questions about the health of the Harbor that can be used to guide future research.