Alaska Habitat Restoration Center
About the NOAA Fisheries Restoration Center
Girl Scouts monitoring juvenile salmon movement after a fish passage project at Colter Creek, AK. Photo: NOAA Fisheries
The NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) Restoration Center restores coastal, marine and anadromous fish habitats that support the nation's fisheries and other trust resources. The Center provides technical restoration expertise on restoration planning, implementation and monitoring, and provides financial assistance through various grant programs. With program staff located in coastal regions across the country, the Restoration Center is working to advance the science of habitat restoration by expanding local habitat restoration projects into broad-scale, ecosystem-based restoration efforts.
Since 1996, the NMFS Restoration Center has supported nearly 70 community restoration projects in the Alaska Region, benefiting more than 560 acres of estuarine and riparian habitat and opening approximately 80 miles of in-stream salmon habitat.
National Habitat Restoration Programs
- NMFS Habitat Restoration Center
- Funding Opportunities
- Community-based marine debris removal
- Communities Affected by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
- FishAmerica Foundation
- Trout Unlimited and NOAA Restoration Center Community-based Habitat Restoration
- Community-based Restoration Funding
- Coral Reef Conservation Grants
- Marine Debris Removal Grants
- Open Rivers Initiative
- Restoration Partnerships
- Programs
Alaska Habitat Restoration Projects
- Campbell Creek Erosion Control
- Chester Creek Video Monitoring and Habitat Restoration
- Copper River Clam Restoration
- Gravina Island, Ketchikan
- Kenai Peninsula Streambank Restoration along Russian River and Quartz Creek
- Kenai River Habitat Restoration (Kenai River Center)
- Kenai River Habitat Restoration (Alaska Department of Fish and Game)
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough Fish Passage
- Moose Creek in the Talkeetna Mountains
- Pullen Creek, Skagway
- Restoration of a Salmonid Stream, Duck Creek, in Juneau, Alaska
- Sal Creek, Prince of Wales Island
- Whittier Artificial Reef Study
- Yankee Cove Artificial Reef Mitigation Project
Alaska Damage Assessment and Restoration Projects
How to Organize a Community-Based Restoration Project
- Steps for implementing a project
- Tips for getting your project funded
- Funding opportunities for community-based restoration
Additional Restoration Resources
- Alaska Department of Fish and Game – Restoration and Enhancement
- Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation - Alaska Clean Water Actions
- US Environmental Protection Agency – River Corridor and Wetland Restoration
- Coastal America – Regional Conservation Projects
- US Fish and Wildlife Service – Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program and Alaska Coastal Program
Contact Information
NOAA diver, Erika Ammann, monitoring the Whittier artificial reef. Photo: NOAA Fisheries
Erika Ammann
Restoration Ecologist
NOAA Restoration Center, Alaska Field Office
PO Box 43
222 West 7th Ave., Rm. 517
Anchorage, AK 99513-7577
PH: (907) 271-5118
FX: (907) 271-3030
Email: Erika.Ammann@noaa.gov
