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Marsh response to shallow runnels at Winnapaug and Ninigret Ponds Wenley Ferguson, Save The Bay Dr. Al Gettman, DEM Region-wide assessment of Narragansett Bay and South Shore salt marshes: 2012-2014 Monitored vegetation every 10 meters and


  1. Marsh response to shallow runnels at Winnapaug and Ninigret Ponds Wenley Ferguson, Save The Bay Dr. Al Gettman, DEM

  2. Region-wide assessment of Narragansett Bay and South Shore salt marshes: 2012-2014  Monitored vegetation every 10 meters and width of plant communities  Measured bearing capacity  Additional data: salinity, mosquito density, fish presence

  3. Barren peat Shallow impounded water Defined pool in foreground versus Mosquito breeding habitat shallow standing water

  4. Marsh Adaptation Strategies In Marsh  Drainage enhancement of expanding impounded water areas through excavation of shallow creeks or runnels  Sediment placement Marsh Migration  Remove of physical barriers to marsh migration i.e. walls/dams/roads  Land conservation

  5. Runnel projects Proposed runnel projects Marsh migration facilitation projects

  6. Runnel range of profiles small runnels 6- 8” 10” large runnels 12 - 16” 12”

  7. Winnapaug Marsh: Westerly 1 st runnel project in collaboration with RIDEM • Mosquito Abatement Program in 2013 2011 Runnels dug through ditch spoils: 2013 2013

  8. Winnapaug Marsh

  9. Winnapaug Marsh Vegetation Percent Cover 80.00% 70.00% 60.00% 50.00% % Cover 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 10.00% 0.00% Open Water Bare Salicornia depressa Spartina alterniflora Spartina patens 2011 2013 2014 2015 2017 2019 Runnels installed spring 2013

  10. Winnapaug Pond DEM Land

  11. Winnapaug Pond Audubon Society and Westerly Land Trust

  12. Ninigret Pond East: DEM Land

  13. 2 nd phase of runnel excavation

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