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Vet Corps opens doors to fish habitat restoration and research jobs for veterans

November 9, 2017

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Specialist Philip Taylor and his colleagues learn how to electrofish, a technique that safely stuns live fish and allows for their capture.

Podcast: Moving towards restoration of industrial waste sites

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Restoration of rivers and their associated riparian habitats are underway as a result of natural resource damage assessment activities conducted by NOAA and the other Natural Resource Trustees at hazardous waste sites. This image shows Raritan River, New Jersey.

6 things to know about coastal habitat restoration

February 24, 2017

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The Lowe Creek restoration project restored estuary and wetland habitat, which is important for Oregon Coast chinook and coho salmon.

NOAA awards $8 million for coastal resiliency investments across the nation

December 20, 2016

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Projects recommended for funding will restore coastal and marine habitats in 10 states and territories. Projects will include removing dams like this one in Maryland to benefit fish populations.

VIDEO: Repairing the reef in West Hawaiʻi

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In West Hawai’i, a NOAA Habitat Focus Area, NOAA is partnering with The Nature Conservancy, local communities, government agencies, non-profit organizations and businesses to restore habitat and improve coral reef health along with other natural and cultural resources.

Essential fish habitat: A smart investment for sustainable fisheries

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Hawaii fish surfacing in its habitat.

NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program issues request for Gulf projects

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Grand Bay NERRS shows some of the critical fisheries habitat that is part of the focus of this round of NOAA RESTORE Science grant funding.

Fish habitat protection reaches milestone in 2016

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Flatfish in seagrass, one type of essential fish habitat. These essential habitats include waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding or growth to maturity. NOAA Fisheries is tasked with preventing, mitigating, or minimizing impacts that reduce quality and/or quantity of essential fish habitats.

NOAA seeks applications for $9 million in community-based habitat restoration

February 5, 2016

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Projects will restore habitat for protected species, like this project in Oregon that restored estuary and wetland habitat critical to Oregon Coast chinook and coho salmon.

Public comments sought on RESTORE Act draft NOAA science plan

October 29, 2014

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NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program research will focus on the health of the Gulf of Mexico whose resources, such as these salt marshes near Grand Isle, LA, were impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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