{
  "projectDescription": "The wetland enhancement project included the installation of a pump and water conveyance structure allowing Refuge managers to pump water in and out of the wetland as needed to sustain productive conditions and to control invasive plant species.The wetland project can now provide water management capabilities for long-term management of an existing 175 acres of coastal emergent wetland habitat. The wetland is contained within an existing earthen berm and is part of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge.  The structure was designed to allow managers to exploit somewhat frequent seche events experienced in Lake Erie to fill or dewater the marsh independent of pumping costs. Ford Marsh represents some of the last remaining coastal wetland habitat in the western basin of Lake Erie and this enhancement and long-term management will contribute to the delisting of the River Raisin AOC while adding significant value to a growing complex of protected, restored, and managed habitat along western Lake Erie.",
  "program": "Great Lakes",
  "name": "Great Lakes Ford Marsh Restoration Project",
  "id": "3101",
  "state": "Michigan",
  "state_abbr": "MI",
  "region": "GLR - Great Lakes",
  "constructionStartDate": "2013-09-30 00:00:00.0",
  "nepaStatus": "Complete",
  "nepaCompliance": "Programmatic EA for CRP",
  "fedLeverage": "0",
  "nonFedLeverage": "0",
  "accompReportStatus": "Completed",
  "accompReportDate": "2018-04-01 00:00:00.0",
  "accompAcresMilesFlag": "Y",
  "accompVolFlag": "N",
  "accompDebrisFlag": "N",
  "status": "Completed",
  "locations": [
    {
      "latitude": "41.89985",
      "longitude": "-83.3409",
      "county": "Chippewa County",
      "city": "Sault Ste. Marie",
      "congDistrict": "1"
    }
  ],
  "habitats": [
    {
      "name": "freshwater wetland",
      "fiscalYear": "2016",
      "actAcresEnhanceCnt": "175"
    }
  ],
  "species": [
    {
      "species": "virescens",
      "genus": "Butorides",
      "commonName": "Heron, green"
    },
    {
      "species": "rubripes",
      "genus": "Anas",
      "commonName": "Duck, american black"
    },
    {
      "species": "herodias",
      "genus": "Ardea",
      "commonName": "Heron, great blue",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "martinica",
      "genus": "Porphyrula",
      "commonName": "Gallinule, purple"
    },
    {
      "species": "strepera",
      "genus": "Anas",
      "commonName": "Gadwall"
    },
    {
      "species": "collaris",
      "genus": "Aythya",
      "commonName": "Duck, ring-necked"
    },
    {
      "species": "podiceps",
      "genus": "Podilymbus",
      "commonName": "Grebe, pied-billed"
    },
    {
      "species": "jamaicensis",
      "genus": "Oxyura",
      "commonName": "Duck, ruddy"
    },
    {
      "species": "nyctic",
      "genus": "Nycticorax",
      "commonName": "Heron, black-crowned night",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "platyrhynchos",
      "genus": "Anas",
      "commonName": "Mallard"
    },
    {
      "species": "caerulea",
      "genus": "Egretta",
      "commonName": "Heron, little blue"
    },
    {
      "species": "sponsa",
      "genus": "Aix",
      "commonName": "Duck, wood"
    }
  ],
  "partners": [
    {
      "name": "Ducks Unlimited"
    }
  ],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "name": "Hydrologic Restoration",
      "primaryFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "photos": [
    {
      "id": "239707",
      "name": "239707_Ford Marsh overview.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "1",
      "caption": "Overview of Ford Marsh on Lake Erie at the mouth of the River Raisin, Monroe, MI.",
      "credit": "USFWS",
      "imageType": "Overview Map",
      "feature": "N"
    },
    {
      "id": "239720",
      "name": "239720_Rep Walberg Ford Marsh tour.JPG",
      "webpageNumber": "4",
      "caption": "Steve Dushane, manager of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge (left) describes how the pump structure operates to US Congressman District 7, Tim Walberg (right).",
      "credit": "NOAA Fisheries",
      "date": "10/25/2016",
      "imageType": "Project Photo",
      "feature": "N"
    },
    {
      "id": "239721",
      "name": "239721_Ford Marsh after drawdown.JPG",
      "webpageNumber": "5",
      "caption": "Ford Marsh after it was drawn down with the water control structure.",
      "credit": "NOAA Fisheries",
      "date": "10/25/2016",
      "imageType": "Project Photo",
      "feature": "Y"
    },
    {
      "id": "239708",
      "name": "239708_Ford Marsh before.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "2",
      "caption": "Ford Marsh before construction of the water control structure showing white and yellow water lilies dominating the wetland.",
      "credit": "NOAA Fisheries",
      "date": "10/25/2011",
      "imageType": "Before Photo",
      "feature": "N"
    },
    {
      "id": "239709",
      "name": "239709_Ford Marsh during construction.JPG",
      "webpageNumber": "3",
      "caption": "Ford Marsh during construction of the water control structure.",
      "credit": "NOAA Fisheries",
      "date": "6/1/2015",
      "imageType": "Project Photo",
      "feature": "N"
    }
  ],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "name": "Invasives removal: vegetation"
    },
    {
      "name": "Species enhancement"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tide gate installation"
    },
    {
      "name": "Bird habitat enhancement"
    },
    {
      "name": "Berm/dike modification (including replacement)"
    }
  ],
  "monitoring": [
    {
      "monitorResultId": "16E157EA-1402-F111-8407-001DD803DE12",
      "tier1Agreement": "Y",
      "tier1CompleteDt": "2018-01-30 00:00:00.0",
      "tier1CompleteFlag": "Y",
      "tier1Flag": "Y",
      "tier2Flag": "N",
      "monitorConductFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "funding": [
    {
      "mechanism": "Ducks Unlimited",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2011",
      "noaaContribution": "333,432.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "otherNonFedContribution": "0.0",
      "partnerContribution": "0.0",
      "stateContribution": "0.0",
      "sourceProgram": "GLRI - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative"
    }
  ]
}