Field Activity Details for field activity 2026-004-FA

Other ID: Marsh Island New Bedford 2026 - CED/AIM/EG

Status: Pending

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Aerial Imaging & Mapping (AIM) (LQ000GU1400), Biochemical Processes & Budget (LQ00.U0D01), Estuarine Processes, Hazards, and Ecosystems ?mid-Atlantic (LQ00UHB)

Contact(s): Sandra Brosnahan, Meagan Eagle, Neil Kamal Ganju

Information Specialist(s): Robert Bales, Olivia De Meo, Jennifer Cramer, Jennifer O'keefe Suttles, Meagan Eagle

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography), Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology, Time Series: Geochemical Monitoring, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Transects, Location-Elevation: LIDAR

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Monitor the hydrodynamics and sediment supply to a newly engineered system. Buzzards Bay Coalition and their partners have just completed Phase I of this project to create an engineered salt marsh on a former fill area. Sediment supply is a key factor in salt marsh sustainability with rising sea-level, this site provides a unique opportunity to study the establishment of the engineered system under the natural forcing of the tides and water flow.

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Start Port/Location: Fairhaven, MA

End Port/Location: Fairhaven, MA

Start Date: 2026-01-02

End Date: 2026-12-31

Equipment Used: Emlid RS3, Bottom platform, Water sampler, In-Situ AquaTroll 200 (CTD), Skydio X10, Altum-PT, Aeropoint targets, RTK, YellowScan Mapper +

Information to be Derived: Time-series data of water level, currents, flow/discharge, waves, turbidity, and other water-quality parameters (temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, dissolved oxygen, pH, fDOM, blue-green algae). Supplemental water samples will be collected and analyzed for total suspended-sediment concentration and loss-on-ignition. Aerial mapping will provide full elevation coverage and multispectral orthoimage data. Biochem time-series sensor data are groundwater well CTD measurements.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Notes: This will be an ongoing study and would like it to be an event type field activity.
Multiple Information specialists due to group overlap.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2023-025-FA.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2024-004-FA.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2025-009-FA.

Location:

Marsh Island site New Bedford Harbor, Acushnet River, Fairhaven, MA..

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