{
  "projectDescription": "Floodplain and Riparian Edge Reforestation. Clean drinking water and flood protection are essential to both human and wildlife communities. One way to provide these services in a river floodplain is to ensure that riverbanks are \"buffered” with native vegetation, such as trees, grasses, and shrubs. These plants help reduce the intensity and “flashiness” of flood events by slowing down runoff that drains to rivers during rain events. The buffers also improve water quality by intercepting chemical pollutants such as lawn fertilizers. Overhanging trees lower stream water temperatures by providing shade, which benefits aquatic wildlife. When inevitably the trees die and topple into the water, they also provide shelter for fish and other aquatic life. The North Branch Raritan River and its tributaries supply drinking water to over 1.5 million New Jersey residents and provide homes to many imperiled aquatic species, yet there are many sections of river that have no vegetative buffers, even in publicly owned sections. The North Branch Raritan River Corridor Riparian Buffer Restoration project will provide the Raritan Headwater Association with funds to identify, prioritize, and implement vegetative buffer restoration throughout the North Branch watershed, with a minimum goal of establishing 10,000 native trees in public lands. Funding for the project was achieved through a Trustees Resolution made by the Cornell Dubilier Superfund Settlement Trustees Council.",
  "program": "DARRP",
  "name": "North Branch Raritan River Corridor Riparian Buffer Restoration",
  "id": "5632",
  "state": "New Jersey",
  "state_abbr": "NJ",
  "region": "NER - Northeast",
  "orrId": "2190",
  "constructionStartDate": "2021-12-14 00:00:00.0",
  "nepaStatus": "Complete",
  "nepaCompliance": "Individual project EA",
  "fedLeverage": "0",
  "nonFedLeverage": "0",
  "accompReportStatus": "In-Progress",
  "accompReportDate": "2027-10-01 00:00:00.0",
  "accompAcresMilesFlag": "Y",
  "accompVolFlag": "Y",
  "accompDebrisFlag": "N",
  "status": "Implementation",
  "locations": [
    {
      "latitude": "40.57716",
      "longitude": "-74.6804",
      "county": "Hyde County",
      "city": "Swan Quarter",
      "congDistrict": "3",
      "riverBasin": "Bluff Shoal-Middle Ground",
      "huc": "30201050203"
    }
  ],
  "habitats": [
    {
      "name": "forested wetland"
    }
  ],
  "species": [
    {
      "species": "mykiss",
      "genus": "Oncorhynchus",
      "commonName": "Trout, rainbow",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "fontinalis",
      "genus": "Salvelinus",
      "commonName": "Trout, brook",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    }
  ],
  "partners": [
    {
      "name": "US Fish and Wildlife Service",
      "fedAgency": "US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)"
    },
    {
      "name": "Raritan Headwaters Association"
    },
    {
      "name": "New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Office of Natural Resource Restoration (ONRR)"
    }
  ],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "name": "Does not fall under a strategy",
      "primaryFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "photos": [
    {
      "id": "242560",
      "name": "242560_North Branch Riparian Restoration.png",
      "webpageNumber": "1",
      "caption": "The North Branch of the Raritan River will undergo restoration of riparian and floodplain woodlands adjacent to the main branch and its tributaries.",
      "imageType": "Before Photo",
      "feature": "Y",
      "creditIndividual": "Zeete"
    }
  ],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "name": "Planting"
    },
    {
      "name": "Invasives removal: vegetation"
    },
    {
      "name": "Fencing/netting"
    },
    {
      "name": "Bird habitat enhancement"
    }
  ],
  "monitoring": [
    {
      "monitorResultId": "E5D3F3D3-1402-F111-8407-001DD8084FD9",
      "tier1CompleteDt": "2027-10-01 00:00:00.0",
      "tier1CompleteFlag": "N",
      "monitorConductFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "accomplishments": [
    {
      "name": "Stormwater runoff controls",
      "category": "Water Quality"
    },
    {
      "description": "10,000 tree plantings will increase drag on floodwaters, detain and absorb waters and reduce stream flow",
      "name": "Flood risk reduction",
      "category": "Public Safety"
    },
    {
      "description": "Floodplain Woodlands",
      "name": "Habitat enhancement (describe)",
      "category": "Fauna"
    }
  ],
  "funding": [
    {
      "mechanism": "DARRP Settlement Funds",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2021",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "otherNonFedContribution": "222,000.0",
      "sourceProgram": "DARRP - Damage Assessment, Remediation & Restoration Program",
      "partner": {
        "name": "Raritan Headwaters Association"
      }
    }
  ]
}