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Photo story: Explore NOAA resilience community education projects across the nation

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Environmental Literacy Program

Office of Education

Participants assessing their community vulnerabilities and discussing ways to become more resilient during Week 4 of the USVI Storm Strong Workshop.

How to increase resilience through education: Lessons from NOAA Environmental Literacy grantees

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Environmental Literacy Program

Nearly 75 participants pose in front of the NOAA Science Center for the second ELP Resilience Education Grantee Workshop held at NOAA headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, in 2019.

Environmental Literacy Program awards $4.3 million to advance community resilience through education

September 11, 2018

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Environmental Literacy Program

At the Boston Museum of Science, members of the public discuss ways to reduce their vulnerability to climate hazards. This project was funded by NOAA's Environmental Literacy Program.

NOAA convenes grantees to advance education for community resilience

November 7, 2017

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2018 ELP Grantee Workshop

$8M for 11 projects to increase coastal resiliency, improve habitat

December 21, 2016

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NOAA announces $8 million in recommended funding for eleven projects under the 2016 Coastal Ecosystem Resiliency Grants Program. The program is part of NOAA’s comprehensive approach to building coastal resiliency.

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

December 20, 2016

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habitat restoration

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.

Building resilience in the San Francisco Bay region

November 18, 2016

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The Rush Ranch marsh area of the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) provides an opportunity to learn more about California's natural history.

Building resilience to climate change one landscape at a time

November 17, 2016

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natural resources

A view of the lower Russian River and estuary, Sonoma County, California. This area is part of the North-Central California Coast and Russian River Resilient Lands and Waters Partnership.

DOI, EPA, NOAA announce Resilient Lands and Waters Initiative to prepare natural resources for climate change

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NOAA announces more than $25 million in grants to improve fishing opportunities, observations, resiliency and sustainability

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NOAA awards $2.5 million in environmental literacy grants to build community resilience

September 19, 2016

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Office of Education

Inundated New Orleans in aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Climate change in your county: Plan with this new tool

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Man walking on beach surveying the damage to Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York, from Post-tropical Cyclone Sandy in 2012. The Climate Resilience Toolkit provides information that can help people prepare for future extreme events and climate change.

Call for coastal ecosystem resiliency grant proposals

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coastal restoration

Projects funded through the Coastal Ecosystem Resiliency grant program will help communities adapt to challenges like coastal flooding, seen here in Tillamook County, Oregon.

7 honored for safeguarding America’s natural resources from climate change

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climate adaptation strategies

U.S. Forest Service-Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science staff lead a field exercise at a climate change teacher institute. The Institute was one of seven recipients of the Climate Adaptation Leadership Award.

NOAA announces six community resilience grants totaling $4.5 million

February 4, 2016

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Each project selected in the National Ocean Service's Coastal Resilience Grants Program reflects NOAA's commitment to building coastal resilience using science-based solutions and collaborative partnerships.

Resilience 101: How America can withstand wild weather

January 21, 2016

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extreme weather

An overflight shows some of the damage that Hurricane Sandy caused when it hit the east coast at the end of October, 2012.

Quinault Indian Nation plans village relocation

January 21, 2016

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climate adaptation strategies

climate impacts

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Built to Last: Climate Data Ensure Oil Supply Route in Gulf of Mexico

December 16, 2015

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Nine miles of LA-1, from Leeville to Port Fourchon, are elevated to withstand flooding. The remaining section of the roadway, from Golden Meadow to Leeville, is level with Bayou LaFourche and vulnerable to frequent flooding.

NOAA announces $9 million in grants to improve coastal community resilience

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NOAA study finds marshes, reefs, beaches can enhance coastal resilience

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New Climate Resilience Toolkit helps communities prepare for a changing world

November 17, 2014

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NOAA analysis reveals significant land cover changes in U.S. coastal regions

August 18, 2014

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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.