Braddock Bay Restoration

Lake Ontario’s Braddock Bay has lost 123 acres of emergent wetland. The Braddock Bay Ecosystem Restoration Project was created to save and reestablish 340 acres of this coastal wetland area. This project will increase habitat for fish and wildlife, reduce erosion, manage invasive species, and increase bay-area property values. This project excavated channels in existing marsh to improve fish habitat, removed invasive plants, constructed a barrier beach from dredged materials, and created new emergent wetlands. This project is a part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and is a partnership between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the EPA, the NY Department of Environmental Conservation, and the Town of Greece.