to support and maintain the recovery of the special plant, aquatic and bird life in Ellisville Marsh, relying on natural processes to the greatest extent possible. The Friends of Ellisville Marsh, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit formed in 2007 to revitalize the delicate and complex ecosystem of the 71-acre Ellisville Marsh in Plymouth, MA. The marsh was impacted by the No Name storm in October of 1991, which caused the inlet channel to become blocked. Subsequent restriction of tidal flows caused a decline in native marsh grasses such as Spartina alterniflora, marine life, and water birds that are all essential to a healthy salt marsh. The largest salt marsh on Cape Cod Bay between Sandwich and Duxbury, Ellisville Marsh was in critical need of environmental stewardship. We are the only Massachusetts nonprofit to date that has obtained all local, state and federal permits to reopen a blocked marsh inlet without the use of taxpayer dollars or governmental assistance.