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Big Mussachuck, Middle Highway
Little Mussachuck Creek


Big Mussachuck, Middle Highway - Ongoing
1997 orthophotography available from the RIGIS Orthophoto Server. Click image for printable PDF.
Courtesy: R.I. Department of Transportation
Big Mussachuck, Middle Hwy
Courtesy: Save The Bay
Project Location:  Mussachuck Creek

Project Map- Click to open the Restoration Atlas mapping application in a new window. (The map will automatically be zoomed in to this restoration site.) *Note: this application is best viewed using Internet Explorer.

Access Point(s):   Not documented for this site.

Public Use:  Path to Shore

Impacts:  Random water salinity monitoring have documented polyhaline conditions (18-30 psu) bayward of Washington Rd and salinities of 6-8 psu in tidally restricted portions of the creek. Currently, Phragmites occupies over 60% of the plant community within restricted portions of the marsh. Ruppia maritima, widgeon grass, fringes subtidal portions of the canal throughout RICC property.

Project Size:   Not documented for this site.

Area Benefited:   Not documented for this site.

Restoration Description:  Restoration of marsh habitat and anadromous fish runs. Management of buffer zone and Phragmites growth.

Restoration Date:  5/1/1999

Target Species:   phragmites

Historic Conditions:  The majority of the marsh is owned by RICC. The system appears most impacted by the Washington Street tidal restriction, although the historic filling/excavating of the canal and diking of Echo Lake may have significantly altered the character and extent of this marsh system. Currently, Phragmites occupies over 60% of the plant community within restricted portions of the marsh. RICC and Town of Barrington have witnessed increased densities and relative abundance of Phragmites within the last 20 years.

Project Contact:

    Joe Bachand
    NRCS
    60 Quaker Lane, Suite 46, Warwick, RI 02886
    401-822-8818

Partners:   Barrington Conservation Commission, RI Department of Transportation, Natural Resources Conservation Service, RI Country Club, Save The Bay

Pre and Post Restoration Data:  True, False

Monitoring:
    Start Date:   Not documented for this site.
    End Date:   Not documented for this site.
    Completed:  To be determined
    Leader:  Andy Lipsky
    Scheduled:  Ongoing

Studies Conducted:  Hydrology, vegetation, salinity

Cost of Project:
    Total Cost ($):  300000
    Federal Share ($):  240000
    Non-Federal Share ($):  60000

Public Property Owners:  n/a

Info Source:  Not Documented for this site


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Little Mussachuck Creek - Completed
1997 orthophotography available from the RIGIS Orthophoto Server. Click image for printable PDF.
Courtesy: R.I. Department of Transportation
Little Mussachuck Creek
Courtesy: Save The Bay
Project Location:  Mussachuck Creek

Project Map- Click to open the Restoration Atlas mapping application in a new window. (The map will automatically be zoomed in to this restoration site.) *Note: this application is best viewed using Internet Explorer.

Access Point(s):   Not documented for this site.

Public Use:  Not documented for this site.

Impacts:  The build up of beach sands in the northern part of the barrier beach had begun restricting the northern inlet to Little Mussachuck Creek by 1990. By 1998, this tidal inlet was completely cut off from daily tidal influence. The closure of the northern tidal inlet changed the upper marsh from a characteristic high salinity emergent wetland to a fresh/brackish pond with infrequent tidal inputs.

Project Size:  11 acres

Area Benefited:   Not documented for this site.

Restoration Description:  Using shovels, milk crates and buckets, approximately 100 volunteers from local high school students to retired engineers dug a 300-foot creek connecting the restricted section of the marsh to the unrestricted section of marsh leading to Narragansett Bay.

Restoration Date:  4/18/1998

Target Species:   phragmites

Historic Conditions:  The marsh consists of approximately 25 acres of estuarine salt and brackish wetlands and approximately 10 acres of open water and mudflat habitats. The western edge of the marsh is bounded by a narrow barrier beach, Annawamscutt Beach, which separates the wetland from Narragansett Bay. A tidal inlet historically connected the northern portion of the marsh to Narragansett Bay.

Project Contact:


Partners:   Coastal Resources Management Council, Save The Bay

Pre and Post Restoration Data:  True, True

Monitoring:
    Start Date:   Not documented for this site.
    End Date:   Not documented for this site.
    Completed:  To be determined
    Leader:  Andy Lipsky
    Scheduled:  Ongoing

Studies Conducted:  Vegetation, hydrology, salinity

Cost of Project:  Not documented for this site

Public Property Owners:  n/a

Info Source:  Not Documented for this site


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