Budget Amendment ID: FY2027-S4-313-R1

Redraft ENV 313

Green Crab Trapping and Great Marsh Restoration

Mr. Tarr moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 2330-0100, by adding the following words:- "; provided further, that not less than $175,000 shall be expended to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst for its Gloucester Marine Station in the city of Gloucester to support marsh restoration and revitalization activities including, but not limited to: (i) a green crab trapping program for applied research and product development; (ii) high‑resolution drone mapping to assess deterioration of the Great Marsh; (iii) the continuation of microplastic and macroplastic sampling; and (iv) an academic study and processing of samples from the water column, beach environment, marsh peat and eelgrass."; and by striking out the figure "$9,514,212" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:-"$9,689,212".