Ballard Street Salt Marsh Restoration
The Ballard Street salt marsh is located just northeast of Boston in a densely populated urban area. In the 1960s, the construction and subsequent abandonment of a 30-foot high interstate highway berm began the process of the degradation of the marsh by cutting off tidal flow and trapping sediments, elevating water levels above sea level, and creating a brackish environment. The existing degraded habitat is further threatened by tidal restriction from outdated, non-functional tide gates.
