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HUDSON RARITAN ESTUARY ECOSYSTEM
RESTORATION – JAMAICA BAY UPDATE
JAMAICA BAY TASK FORCE MEETING
LISA BARON
PROJECT MANAGER, CIVIL WORKS
NEW YORK DISTRICT
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
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File Name

2. AGENDA-- UPDATES
• Spring Creek North Ecosystem Restoration
Project
• HRE Ecosystem Restoration – Stony Creek
Marsh Island and future Jamaica Bay Sites
File Name
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3. Spring Creek North Ecosystem Restoration
(Continuing Authorities Program)
• Local Sponsor: NYC Parks
with additional funding from NYCDEP
• Total of $7.37M included in the Bilateral
Infrastructure Law
• Funds to be used to complete design phase
and initiate implementation
• Restoration of 47-acres including:
 18.3 acres of wetlands
 29 acres of maritime uplands
• Restoration through excavating and
recontouring uplands to intertidal elevations,
removing invasives species and replanting
as well as restoring existing degraded
wetlands with Thin Layer Placement
techniques
• 60% Design Completed – October 2022
• Drone Survey – Nov 17-18, 2022
• Construction is planned for 2024

4. HRE RESTORATION PROGRAM
• Chief’s Report (May 2020)
recommended 20 individual
projects that will restore a mosaic of
621 acres of habitat including:
 381 acres of estuarine wetlands (w/ 6
miles of tidal channels), 50 acres of
freshwater riverine wetlands, 27 acres
of coastal and maritime forest, 39
acres of shallow water habitat and 52
acres of oyster habitat;
 Installation of 2 fish ladders (or
potential removal) and modification of
3 weirs modified to improve fish
passage (24 miles) on the Bronx
River.
 1.6 miles of stream bank and 72 acres
of stream bed and channel
restoration.
• Construction authorized in WRDA
2020.
Jamaica Bay
6,8
1,2,5
1,2
1,2
6,7,8
4
4
All Marsh
Islands: 1,2,5
1,2,3
1,2,3
6,7,8
6,7,8,9
8,9
1,3,5
1. Estuarine Wetlands
2. Tidal Channel Restoration
3. Maritime Forest
4. Oyster Reefs
5. Shallow Water Habitat
6. Freshwater Wetlands
7. Streambank Restoration
8. Bed Restoration
9. Fishway
10.Sediment Forebay
6,8
1,2,5
1,2
6,8, 10
Fully funded cost: $624,772,000 (FY22)

5. HRE ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
Pre-Construction Engineering Design (PED) Projects
• Federal funds ($27,178,000)
obtained in FY2022 for design of all
4 projects (5 sites) and construction
of Stony Creek Marsh Island
• All Design Agreements executed
• Non-Fed Funds obtained for Stony
Creek (NYCDEP) and Oysters
(NJDEP)
• Local Sponsors: NYCDEP, NYC
Parks, NJDEP and NY/NJ
Baykeeper (Partner for Oysters)

6. JAMAICA BAY MARSH ISLAND RESTORATION- PAST SUCCESS
Elders East
Elders West
Yellow Bar
John F. Kennedy
Airport
JoCo
Yellow Bar - 2012 (47 acres)
Elders East- 2007 (40 acres)
Elders East- 2011
• >2000 acres of Marsh
Islands have been lost
since 1924
• Restored 160 acres
• HRE Recommendation of
170 acres
Elders Center
Duck Point
Stony Creek
Pumpkin Patch
(East & West)
Elders West- 2010 (43 acres)
Black Wall and Rulers Bar (30 acres)
Black Wall and Rulers Bar

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STONY CREEK MARSH ISLAND
COMPLETED ACTIVITIES
• Execute Design Agreement with NYCDEP (July 28, 2022)
• Project Management Plan (close to final)
• Field Investigations:
 Drone Survey – THANK YOU DAN MUNDY! (2022)

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Credit: Dan Mundy

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Credit: Dan Mundy

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STONY CREEK MARSH ISLAND
ONGOING ACTIVITIES
 Bathymetric/Topographic
Surveys (2022/2023)
o USACE Survey
Branch preparing to
conduct surveys
o Will also aid future
marsh island
restoration efforts
o Final Plan and
extent of bathymetry
will be based on cost

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STONY CREEK MARSH ISLAND
ONGOING ACTIVITIES
 Coordination with USACE-
Engineering Research and
Design Center on scope for
Hydrodynamic Data Collection
and Modeling
o ERDC Collection of water
levels, waves, sediment and
current data in Jamaica Bay
(April 2023 - March 2024) –
as early as January
o Hydrodynamic Modeling:
Model calibration (Sept-Oct
2023) and Modeling Analysis
(Oct 2023 - April 2024)
o Modeling will predict
sediment transport, erosion,
stabilization techniques and
possibly future secondary
coastal storm risk
management benefits
AWAC: Acoustic Doppler Profiler and Directional Wave Gauge
W: Water Level Data Loggers
Draft

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STONY CREEK MARSH ISLAND
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
 Geotechnical Sediment Sampling (Spring 2023)
 Bio-Benchmarking (Spring 2023)
 Wetland Delineation (Spring 2023)
 Hummock Relocation Plan
• Plans and Specifications (P&S): Designs, Quantities, Cost Estimates
 30% P&S and Value Engineering Study (2023)
 60% P&S (2024)
 90% P&S (2024)
 100% P&S (2025)
• Coordination with Operations Division for dredging contract (~155,000 CYD)
• Coordination with NPS throughout – Special Use Permit/MOU
• Permitting – Water Quality Certificate
• Biddability, Constructability, Operability, and Environmental Reviews (all design
iterations)
• Execute Project Partnership Agreement for Construction (2024)
• Ready to Advertise (early 2025)
• Construction (2025)

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HRE
Restoration
Sites
327 acres of habitat
restoration:
- 206 acres of
marsh islands
- 121 acres along
perimeter
Local Sponsors:
NYCDEP and
NYSDEC (Dead
Horse Bay) in
partnership with
NPS
155,000 CYD
62 acres
41 acres
80 acres
215,000 CYD
40 acres
285,000 CYD
29 acres
328,000 CYD
24 acres
352,000 CYD
29 acres
10 acres
Potential FY23
Appropriations

14. TENTATIVE OVERALL SCHEDULE
JAMAICA BAY RESTORATION
Project 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2032 2033 2034 2035
Spring Creek North
HRE-Stony Creek
Marsh Island
Spring Creek South
Feasibility Study
HRE-Fresh Creek
HRE-Duck Point
Marsh Island
HRE-Elders Center
Marsh Island
HRE-Pumpkin
Patch West Marsh
Island
HRE- Dead Horse
Bay
HRE-Pumpkin
Patch East Marsh
Island
Feasibility Study
Pre-Construction Engineering
and Design
Construction Above schedule dependent upon funding
and execution of Design Agreements and
Project Partnership Agreements
Monitoring and Adaptive
Management
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All Funding in-hand
All Funding in-hand
All Funding in-hand for FS
Requires appropriations for design and construction for remaining sites
Requires construction authorization and appropriations for design
and construction

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Lisa Baron
Lisa.a.baron@usace.army.mil
646-385-1429
Questions?