In late 2024, the Committee hired Geoff Wilson, Northeast Wetland Restoration, to assess and design restoration plans for 132 acres of degraded salt marshes owned by the York Land Trust and the USFWS Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge. The design planning phase of this project concluded in December 2025 with completion of the York River-Smelt Brook Site Assessment and Preliminary Design Report. The landowners, in coordination with Maine Coast Heritage Trust, will initiate salt marsh restoration work in 2026, using the designs developed in this planning phase.
