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  • NOAA and EPA Release Coastal Wetlands Reviews

    Feb 5: NOAA and the Environmental Protection Agency release four regional Coastal Wetland Reviews. These include recent trends that can help state and local wetlands managers determine what is needed to address the ongoing loss of wetlands.

  • NOAA Focuses on Russian River Habitat

    Jan 31: As part of NOAA’s agency-wide Habitat Blueprint effort, the Russian River Valley watershed will be the first Habitat Focus Area. These are areas where we can pool resources and expertise to maximize conservation.

  • Prestigious Award for River Basin Management

    Jan 28: NOAA salmon recovery partner in the Willamette Valley receives the Thiess International River prize for outstanding, visionary, and sustainable programs in river basin management.

  • Reintroducing Steelhead in Deschutes River Basin

    Jan 16: Steelhead will once again be able to call Oregon's Deschutes River Basin home. NOAA will be proceeding with steelhead reintroduction efforts by designating a population as "experimental" under the Endangered Species Act.

  • Draft Climate Assessment Report for Public Review

    Jan 14: For more on potential climate change impacts on U.S. oceans and ocean resources, including fisheries, marine protected species, and habitats, read the U.S. National Climate Assessment report, now available for public comment.

  • New Opportunities to Improve Fish Passage

    Jan 2: Find out how NOAA Fisheries will work with partners and stakeholders to improve upstream and downstream passage conditions for endangered and migratory fish on the Connecticut River.

  • Cape Fear River Basin Action Plan Drafted

    Dec 7: Recognizing the importance of migratory fish in the Cape Fear River basin, NOAA and stakeholders drafted the Cape Fear River Basin Action Plan for Migratory Fish. This draft is open for public comment until December 19, 2012.

  • Investing in Marine Habitat Restoration

    Dec 7: Healthy habitat is critical to recover and sustain fish populations. NOAA's Restoration Center is currently soliciting applications for restoration projects that use a habitat-based approach to foster species recovery and increase fish production.

  • Herring Recovery at Plymouth Rock

    Nov 20: A herring recovery story for Thanksgiving: roughly 150,000 herring will be swimming up Town Brook in Massachusetts to get to Billington Sea this spring.

  • Coral "Hotspots" Discovered Off Northeast Coast

    Oct 1: NOAA researchers explored deepwater canyons off the northeastern U.S. in search of deep-sea corals and sponges and found coral “hotspots” that likely serve as important habitat for a variety of fish species and other marine life.

  • Estuaries—Habitat of the Month

    Sept 27: What's the place where fresh water meets salt water? Estuaries contain habitat needed by fish, wildlife, and people. To celebrate National Estuary Day on Saturday, Sept. 29, find out more about our work restoring estuaries.

  • From Gravel Pits to Salmon Habitat This is the Exit Disclaimer Icon

    Sept 6: California is looking at an innovative restoration method: reclaiming abandoned gravel pits as habitat for salmon.

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