P.O. Box

PO Box 226 Newburyport, MA 01950

Email Us

PlumIslandFoundation@gmail.com

Past Projects

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2010 Beach Nourishment

USACE dredged the Merrimack River and placed over 220,000 cubic yards in front of 26 homes from Center Island going North Our first project was …

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South & North Jetty Repairs 2012-5

The North & South jetties had last been repaired by the USACE @1970. By 2011, both jetties were structurally compromised creating navigational risks and risks …

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Sand Placement and Dune Grass Planting at Reservation Terrace 2018-9

Worked with local residents to raise funds and get approvals to nourish the eroding dunes and plant dunegrass.

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Stone placement South of Center Island 2014

After 6 homes were lost to erosion in 2013, homeowners South of the Center Island groin installed riprap in an attempt to fortify the dune. …

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Hay Bales Wrapped in Sand Fencing 2011

Worked with local Conservation Agents in Newburyport & Newbury on this innovative and “permittable” approach to dune fortification.

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Geotube sandbags at Center Island 2009

Along with the MRBA helped get approvals to install protection for 9 homes pending the 2010 USACE Beach Nourishment.

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Fiscal Agent for Project to Fund and Place AED’s

A group of concerned citizens asked for our help to assist in raising funds to place AED’s (Automated External Defibrillator) at Center Island and North …

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