Lincoln Park Wetlands Restoration | New Jersey, US A large tidal marsh adjacent to Lincoln Park in Jersey City, N.J. had become a land?ll without a permit. The wetlands, streams and salt marshes were blighted and full of illegally dumped debris. The area was not a healthy habitat for birds and ?sh, nor an e?ective coastline support against future e?ects of climate change. In 2009, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration received $167 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to fund coastal restoration projects. With help from Louis Berger, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection applied for funds to restore 42 acres of wetlands at Lincoln Park. The project received $10.6 million. Challenge A tidal marsh needed to be designed that not only ?t into th

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