The NOAA Restoration Center and Coastal Services Center (CSC) have published proceedings from a workshop entitled “Restoring Tidal Hydrology: Breaking Down Barriers” held January 16-17, 2008 in Charleston, South Carolina. This workshop was a joint effort between NOAA Fisheries and NOS to promote the exchange of information between experienced and potential practitioners of tidal hydrologic restoration in the Southeastern U.S. The proceedings, along with other published literature and expert input, are providing the basis for a NOAA guidance manual currently being developed to aid practitioners or managers in conducting tidal hydrologic restoration projects (to be completed in Fall 2008). Documented guidance or best management practices will fill critical information gaps and promote more ecosystem-based restoration. The proceedings are currently being distributed online at http://www.csc.noaa.gov/restoration_workshop.
Contact: Leslie Craig, Leslie.Craig@noaa.gov, 727.551.5786
The NOAA Habitat Restoration Center has completed two important new publications about habitat restoration in the United States. The first, "Restoring Coastal and Marine Habitats," is a 20-page booklet describing the main programs and priorities of the Restoration Center. Through concise text and color photographs, this publication presents the general public, potential partners, and decision makers with a summary of the importance of restoring coastal and marine habitats and the capabilities of the NOAA Restoration Center. Also available is the NOAA Community-based Restoration Program (CRP) brochure, which provides basic information about CRP priorities and funding opportunities, and illustrates the variety of CRP supported projects with examples of past restoration activities. The brochure can be tailored to regional events with the use of inserts containing regional contacts and potential funding sources.
Printed copies of these two products and the regional inserts are available by contacting Courtney Groeneveld in the Restoration Center at Courtney.Groeneveld@noaa.gov and (301) 713-0174 x122. Electronic copies of the publications are available here and here.
West Coast Native Oyster Restoration: 2006 Workshop Proceedings (duplex)
A publication by the NOAA Restoration Center
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This document represents material presented at the 2006 West Coast Native Oyster Restoration Workshop, which was organized by the NOAA Restoration Center and partners. The three day workshop, held in the San Francisco Bay area, was the first time leading experts from academia, agencies, industry, and NGOs from all three states (Washington, Oregon, and California) met to discuss and debate the many aspects of native oyster restoration. Over sixty attendees viewed presentations addressing historic and current distribution, genetics, larval recruitment, habitat preferences, disease, predation, restoration techniques, monitoring, ecosystem services, permitting, and community involvement.
Learn about community-sponsored dam removals. Click here to view Relics and Rivers: Dismantling Dams in New England video. For slow connection please (Download)(dvd.zip : 460MB)
A Practitioners' Guide to the Design and Monitoring of Shellfish
Restoration Projects: A publication by the The Nature Conservancy and the NOAA Restoration Center
This guide was written to help restoration practitioners design and
monitor shellfish restoration projects that restore not only the
populations of target shellfish species – primarily clams, oysters,
scallops – but also the ‘ecosystem services’ associated with healthy
populations of these organisms. As a primer for conservationists,
resource managers and others interested in understanding basic
approaches to the design and implementation of shellfish restoration
projects, this publication provides advice on:
1) Making the case for
shellfish restoration;
2) Identifying candidate species and an appropriate restoration strategy
(or strategies);
3) Choosing sites for restoration projects;
4)
Monitoring project outcomes; and,
5) Creating effective partnerships for
restoration projects.
The Restoration Center's latest publication, Hands on Habitat: Celebrating 10 years of Coastal Restoration, kicks off the Community-based Restoration Program's 10 year anniversary. Over the last decade, this
program has funded over 1,000 projects, involved 100,000 volunteers, and restored 24,000 habitat acres.
Long
Island Sound Habitat Restoration Manual November
2003
A
publication by the Long Island Sound Study
This technical manual is designed to provide
basic information about specific habitats as well
as restoration strategies for people interested
in planning and pursuing restoration projects.
Topics covered include ecological descriptions
of the plant and animal communities associated
with the habitat, the natural history and effects
of human influence on the habitat, and the state
of the science in restoring the habitat.
Guidelines
Damage Assessment and Restoration Planning for Marine
Birds
The purpose of this document is to provide NOAA
employees with the background and contacts to
obtain information on marine birds in a useful
and efficient manner. It also synthesizes information
regarding present activities by NOAA and other
agencies in the area of marine bird damage assessments
and restoration plans. In addition, this document
provides direction to NOAA personnel on specific
issues frequently raised in relation to marine
bird restoration and on seeking assistance with
casework. The direction presented in this document
is not intended to supercede existing federal
regulations on natural resource damage assessment.
Rather, the information is presented to assist
NOAA personnel who are involved in the development
and review of natural resource damage assessment
and restoration involving marine birds.
Estimating
Administrative and Procedural Costs for Natural
Resource Restoration Settlements
Donald A. Wickham Coastal Management, Volume
27, pp.69-79, 1999.
New York
State Salt Marsh Restoration and Monitoring Guidelines
This guidance document was prepared to improve
the standards of practice for the growing array
of salt marsh restoration activities in the State
of New York. It was designed to provide a comprehensive,
accessible, and understandable source for current
technical information on salt marsh restoration
and ecology, and to increase the quality of restoration
project planning. The guidelines include restoration
monitoring protocols that were researched and
developed to provide essential and standardized
pre-project, compliance, and post-project information
for the evaluation of project success. The document
is primarily intended to guide voluntary restoration
projects sponsored by municipalities. Using the guidance document does
not relieve the reader of regulatory requirements.
Salt Marsh
Restoration - Coastal Habitat Enhancement
A publication by North Carolina Sea Grant College Program This report is a summary of salt marsh research
conducted by many people during the past 30 years.
The basis of this publication was a 1997 workshop
in Raleigh, North Carolina attended by scientists
from North Carolina State University, National
Sea Grant College Program, National Marine Fisheries
Service (NOAA Fisheries), NOAA Restoration Center,
NC Institute of Marine Sciences, NC Division of
Coastal Management, NC Division of Marine Fisheries,
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection,
and the University of Washington. |