National Marine Fisheries Service
07/15/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 07/15/2024 14:29
Celebrating Habitat Month
We are excited to kick off Habitat Month! All month long, we will share amazing habitat conservation efforts through our website and social media. The theme this year is "Habitat for All." We will focus on how the Office of Habitat Conservation is working together with our partners to protect and restore healthy habitats across the country. Through inclusive partnerships, we aim to ensure that these vital ecosystems continue to support diverse species and coastal and Great Lakes communities for generations to come.
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Habitat Features
Meet Chemine Jackels, Marine Habitat Specialist for the NOAA Restoration Center
Chemine works as a Technical Monitor supporting habitat restoration projects in the Pacific Northwest.
Restoring New Orleans Wetlands After Hurricane Katrina
New Orleans' wetlands and bayous are essential to the city's identity, but have been severely degraded over time. Learn about new federal funding that will kickstart efforts to involve communities in restoring them.
Oyster Reef Restoration in the Chesapeake Bay: We're Making Significant Progress
Together with partners in Maryland and Virginia, we're working to restore oyster reef habitat around the Chesapeake Bay. We're making great progress toward our goal to restore reefs in 10 tributaries by the end of 2025.
Learn about oyster reef restoration in the Chesapeake Bay
Ambitious Living Shoreline Project Combats Coastal Land Loss in South Carolina
With $6.8 million from NOAA, The Nature Conservancy will build a 2,000-foot-long living shoreline near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. The organization will also help low-income landowners implement living shorelines on their properties.
Supporting the Long-Term Survival of Copper River Salmon and Alaska Native Traditions
With $4.3 million in NOAA funds, the Copper River Watershed Project and The Eyak Corporation will remove fish passage barriers, opening more streams for salmon spawning and subsistence fishing.
Read about the fish passage projects
Fish Passage Facility Restores Access to 1,000 Miles of Habitat in North Carolina
Updates at the Blewett Falls Hydroelectric Project now allow American eel and other fish to access previously blocked upstream riverine habitat.
Upgrades to fish passage facilities
Middle Peninsula's Marshes and Living Shorelines Generate More than $6.4 Million Annually in Economic Value
Living shorelines and marshes in the Middle Peninsula Habitat Focus Areasupport more than $6.4 million each year in economic value from recreational fishing. That's more than three and a half times the value generated by hardened shorelines in the area.
Economic value of Middle Peninsula's marshes and living shorelines
GulfCorps Brings Ecosystem Recovery to the Gulf Coast
Mobilizing community youth to create resilient coasts and communities in the five Gulf States.
GulfCorps Conservation Corps program
Dredged Material Placement at Pierce Marsh is Complete
NOAA worked with partners to restore 115 acres of intertidal marsh in Pierce Marsh in West Galveston Bay, Texas.
Read about the restoration project
Habitat Videos, Podcasts, and Story Maps
Video: The Science of Restoration-Good Salmon Habitat Works
Research proves restoring habitat works for salmon.
Podcast: Restoring the Klamath River Basin-The Largest Dam Removal Project in the World
How the restoration of the Klamath watershed, the largest dam removal project in the world, will reopen access to habitat for the threatened and endangered native fish of the area.
Story Map: The Past, Present and Future of Restoration in Washington's Commencement Bay
A new story map explores the industrial past of a busy Tacoma, Washington harbor, and the restoration activities shaping its ecological future.