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Project 1:

Cedar Island Restoration Project

Time: 2019-2026

Funding and support from:

Virginia Institute for Marine Science, Accomack County, Stantec (Private Company), NOAA

  • leave it alone.

  • Virginia Institute for Marina Science

    William and Mary

  • Stantec,

    D. R. Stanley Associates was founded in 1954 in Edmonton, Western Canada by Dr. Don Stanley, a Harvard graduate in environmental engineering. They pride themselves on 10 global design firm (ranked by Engineering News-Record magazine.

    Though this project is their first of this kind.

    Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN.

  • Stantec Permit Application

  • Yes,

    The following articles provide context.


The Storyline.

Septemer 7, 2021

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Coastal Resilience Grant Program FY19 funded $250,000 for the lead VIMS Scientist on this project to conduct a case study, written alongside Stantec representatives

“Leveraging the Interdependencies between barrier island and back barrier salt marhses to enhance resilience to sea-level rise”

A conflict of interest was identified between two authors on this manuscript as they were employed by Stantec

Quote- “The underrepresented, economically depressed, sparsely populated rural communities of the Virginia’s Eastern Shore find themselves at a disadvantage"…”

September 30, 2024 -

Stantec representative Lauren Chartrand officially submitted the Cedar Island ResiliencyJoint Permit Application -

Project #203401333 - This application was prepared for: Accomack County -prepared by Stantec Consulting Services Inc.

United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife service provided a list of 13 threatened, endangered, and candidate species

The lead VIMS scientist submitted his article as a guide for this project- “Leveraging the Interdependencies between barrier island and back barrier salt marshses to enhance resilience to sea-level rise” - published in 2021

transgressive barrier island

Read details of this proposal

Endangered Species

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United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service provided a list of 13 threatened, endangered, or candidate species included in the species in the project area.


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