The Seavey Landing project, located on a 25-acre tidal site
at the end of Seavey Landing Road, was the first phase of
the Scarborough Marsh tidal restoration. This section of the
marsh had been negatively impacted by man-made ditches which
had drained the marsh and reduced the number of permanent
pools on the high marsh. Restoration work at this site involved
the installation of 7 ditch plugs and the excavation of 15
constructed pools.
Problem
Man-made ditches have excessively drained the Seavey Landing
section of the marsh, lowering the natural water table and
destroying permanent pool habitat that once supported a suite
of species - aquatic plants, invertebrates, fish, shorebirds,
wading birds and waterfowl - that depended on permanent water
on the high marsh. By installing ditch plugs in strategic
locations, water will no longer drain through the ditches,
allowing the water table on the marsh to rise and permitting
the re-establishment of permanent pool habitat.
Status: Completed
This phase of the project was completed in 2002. A 3-year
monitoring process followed.
Partners
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Maine Corporate Wetlands Restoration
Partnership
Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries
and Wildlife
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Friends of Scarborough Marsh
Maine Audubon
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Gulf
of Maine Program
