RUMNEY MARSHES AREA OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN Salt Marsh Restoration Plan Rumnit:y 1\1:ar~h, °t'IUf;U'.\-· Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs May 2002 Jane Swift Bob Durand Governor Secretary Wetland Restoration Program Department of Christy Foote-Smith Environmental Management Director Peter C. Webber Commissioner M 0Ho.ch1..-lt• \,\/c 1to.,d• R ~•toro~l,po, P""1J•Ct,.. RUMNEY MARSHES AREA OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN Salt Marsh Restoration Plan May 2002 Prepared by: Massachusetts Wetland Restoration Program Executive Office of Environmental Affairs One Winter Street, 5th Floor Boston, MA 02108 Christy Foote-Smith, Director And: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management Areas of Critical Environmental Concern Program 251 Causeway St., Suite 700 Boston, MA 02114-2104 Peter C. Webber, Commissioner On Behalf Of: The Rumney Marshes ACEC Salt Marsh Restoration Task Group For information about this plan please contact: Tim Smith Elizabeth Sorenson North Shore Salt Marsh Restoration Coastal Coordinator Coordinator OR ACEC Program, DEM Wetlands Restoration Program 617-626-1394 617-292-5808
[email protected] [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 What are Salt Marshes? 1 Why Develop a Salt Marsh Restoration Plan? 2 The Rumney Marshes ACEC Salt Marsh Restoration Plan 2 ACEC Purpose and Designation 3 Rumney Marsh Salt Marsh Restoration Planning Process 4 ABOUT THE RUMNEY MARSHES ACEC 7 Watershed Characteristics 7 Wetlands of the ACEC 9 Resource Assessment