The Nature Conservancy: Critical Flood Risk Infrastructure

About the project

The Nature Conservancy will use the funding to replace an undersized culvert on Topaz Drive in Barrington, NH with a 30-foot bridge that will reduce flood risk and improve aquatic organism passage. Topaz Drive provides the only access to the Emerald Acres Cooperative, Inc., a mobile home community. The crossing is undersized and has a history of flooding issues; it completely washed out during the Patriot’s Day Flood of 2007 and residents of the Emerald Acres Cooperative, Inc. community were unable to pass the road. The project will result in 5.2 miles of fully reconnected upstream habitat of Oyster River, allowing full passage for fish and turtles, and prevent future flooding.

How it was funded