Coastal ecosystems are among the most biodiverse on Earth. This Global Biodiversity Day, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT) is celebrating the completion of the first project to restore creek systems in East Grand Bahama. Working in partnership with the Bahamas Ministry of Works and Family Island Affairs and with ongoing input from local communities, the excavation of an obsolete logging road has restored tidal flow to West Gap Creek along Grand Bahama’s North Shore.
“This is bigger than just a construction project,” said Rashema Ingraham, BTT Caribbean Program Director. “We are reopening tidal flow at places like West Gap Creek and now moving on to our next project at August Creek, because restoring the natural connection between the flats, mangroves, and the ocean has a significant impact on the environment and provides great value to our coastal communities.”
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