NEMMC Named in APEX Award | Northeast Massachusetts Mosquito Control and Wetlands Management District

NEMMC is extremely proud to announce our agency being named in the Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc APEX award.

Specifically the EBC Merit Award for Leadership by a Non-Profit Organization in conjunction with the Great Marsh Restoration Project.

EBC Merit Award for Leadership by a Non-Profit Organization

Award Project: Great Marsh Restoration Project

Award Recipients:

The Trustees of Reservations

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Northeast Wetland Restoration

Mass Audubon

Massachusetts Division of Fish and Wildlife

Northeast Massachusetts Mosquito and Wetland Management District

Greenbelt, Essex County’s Land Trust

University of New Hampshire

Rimmer Environmental Consulting LLC

Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Partnership

Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration

The EBC Merit Award for Leadership by a Non-Profit Organization is awarded to The Trustees of Reservations and their partner, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, for their work to restore the Great Marsh, New England’s largest salt marsh.

At 16,000 acres, the Great Marsh provides habitat, stores carbon, provides world-class birding, and protects communities from storms and flooding. A legacy of agricultural embankments and ditching has left the marsh vulnerable to sea level rise. Without restoration, the Great Marsh is projected to convert to low marsh before 2070 and tidal flats before 2100. The Trustees and the USFWS, along with the project team, piloted an innovative yet simple approach to restore tidal hydrology allowing the marsh to heal itself and build in elevation naturally. Using runnels to drain impounded water and saltmarsh hay to trap sediment in ditches, the project has resulted in the completed restoration of 215 acres and paved the way for restoration of an additional 8,000 acres currently in process!

The Great Marsh Restoration Project is leading the way through collaboration with marsh owners and permitting agencies to restore this nationally significant natural resource using innovative, nature-based techniques.