Breeding Saltmarsh Sparrow, Virginia Rail, and Marsh Wren could benefit from this restoration project, along with migratory birds.

GUILFORD, Conn. — More than half of Connecticut’s salt marshes have been lost after hundreds of years of human intervention, but there is a growing movement to restore these habitats for the future. The National Audubon Society in Connecticut is prioritizing this work across the Long Island Sound and has just received a $460,917 grant from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to develop a restoration design plan for the Guilford Salt Meadows Audubon Sanctuary.

The Guilford Sanctuary is a vital segment of the East River Marsh, a brackish and salt tidal marsh currently found to have ~40% of its previously vegetated marsh area stressed, degraded, or lost.…