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Conservation Easements Along the Housatonic River Using funds from an NRDAR settlement, FWS obligated $557,810 ($2011) to TNC of Massachusetts for the purchase of permanent conservation easements on approximately 200 acres of riparian lands along the Housatonic River in Salisbury, Connecticut. Conservation of riparian habitat will help to (1) protect water quality; (2) protect nesting habitat for migratory songbirds and other wildlife, including several rare and endangered plants, turtles, salamanders and dragonflies; and (3) maintain the scenic, agrarian character of the region. These efforts provide a beneficial tradeoff from the harm to the river and associated wildlife caused by historical polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) contamination. Economic Impacts of... Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Amphibians, Bank stabilization/erosion control, Birds, Connecticut, Farmland Preservation, All tags... Federally threatened or endangered species, Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Habitat-based, Natural processes and hazards, Perennial stream/river, Reptiles, Riparian restoration, Species protection, The Nature Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fewer tags Piping Plover Nesting Habitat Management Program This case study illustrates that even modest restoration projects can provide benefits to the environment and local economy. FWS provided $130,000 ($2011) over 2007–2011 to The Nature Conservancy of Rhode Island (TNC, RI) to implement a nesting habitat management program for the federally threatened piping plover, a shorebird that nests along sandy beaches on the Atlantic coast. The source of the funds was the NRDAR settlement for the North Cape Oil Spill. In 1996, the oil spill adversely impacted piping plover nesting habitat, resulting in fewer chicks produced during the following nesting season. To compensate for these impacts, natural resource trustees (FWS, RI, and NOAA) sought to increase the number of chicks... Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Education (e.g., signage, visitor center, audio/visual materials, social media,, Education and Community Use Project, Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Rhode Island, All tags... Species nest creation/inserts, Species protection, The Nature Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, Tidally influenced/coastal/beach, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fewer tags