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Welcome to the Office of Habitat Conservation
The Office of Habitat Conservation is located in the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Headquarters complex in
Silver Spring, Maryland. It interacts with the NOAA Fisheries Regional
Offices to manage, conserve and enhance habitats for fishery
resources, protected species and other living marine resources.
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 Office
of Habitat Conservation Announcements
- NOAA announces the release of a new report, Status and Trends of Wetlands in the Coastal Watersheds of the Eastern United States. The joint NOAA/U.S. Fish and Wildlife study shows a loss of 59,000 acres per year in coastal watersheds of the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Great Lakes from 1998 to 2004. Copies may be downloaded now here, or e-mail Nerie.Canasa@noaa.gov to request a printed copy or CD copy, both to be available at the end of February 2009.
- On Tuesday, July 22 , the NOAA Restoration Center launched its first ever “Dam Cam,” a wireless stream of photos and time-lapse video that will document the entire removal of the New Hampshire’s Merrimack Village Dam. The "Dam Cam" can be found at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/
- 2007 NOAA Fisheries Habitat Program Accomplishments Report
- Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program, 2008.
- FY 2009 President's Budget request provides funding for habitat conservation
- Report to Congress on the Impact of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma on Commercial and Recreational Fishery Habitat of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, 2007.
- NOAA Celebrates 200 Years of Science, Services, and Stewardship.
- Federal Fish Passage Action Plan : November, 2006
- NOAA Promoting local strategies to protect coastal and marine fish habitat : Cooperative Habitat Protection Partnerships (CHPPs)
- National Estuary Restoration Inventory Launched
- Enforcement/Compliance Roundtable Discussion Summary over MPAs
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EFH Descriptions and Identifications
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