tidal flooding

On September 16, 2026, the Sustainable and Resilient Communities (SRC) team of the Long Island Sound Partnership and Audubon Connecticut hosted a field trip to Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison, CT, where Audubon CT and partners are advancing one of Connecticut’s largest coastal resilience and salt marsh restoration initiatives! We started the day at Meigs Point Nature Center with presentations about the science behind the restoration effort, challenges facing Hammonasset’s tidal marshes, and updates on the design of marsh restoration, living shoreline, and culvert replacement projects. After lunch and group discussions, we took a guided walk to view the marsh viewing platform and then visited an upcoming culvert replacement site.

The National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF) is a national focused on reducing risks to coastal communities. The NCRF is now soliciting pre-proposals for coastal resilience projects that restore, increase, and strengthen natural infrastructure such as coastal marshes and wetlands, dune and beach systems, oyster and coral reefs, rivers and floodplains, coastal forest, and barrier islands that mitigate the impacts of storms and other coastal hazards to communities.

The National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF) is a national program focused on reducing risks to coastal communities. The NCRF is now soliciting pre-proposals for projects that will create and/or restore natural systems in order to increase protection for communities from coastal hazards, such as storms, sea- and lake-level changes, inundation, and coastal erosion, while improving habitats for fish and wildlife species.

The NCRF is a national program with the goal of enhancing protection for coastal communities from the impacts of storms, floods, and other natural coastal hazards and to improve habitats for fish and wildlife. This year, NFWF will award approximately $140 million in grants for the planning, design, and implementation of natural and nature-based solutions.