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Community-based Community-based Restoration Restoration

ProgramProgram

Damage Assessment and Restoration Program (DARP) Community-based Restoration Program Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act Regional Habitat Restoration Restoration Research Program

Major Restoration ProgramsMajor Restoration Programs

Community-based RestorationCommunity-based Restoration

Creates partnerships with local constituencies to accomplish meaningful, small-scale restoration projects

Fosters significant community support and depends upon citizens’ hands-on involvement to implement restoration

Leverages technical expertise and funds

Instills stewardship and a conservation ethic

Salmon Fry Release, MA

Steelhead restoration in Santa Rosa, CA Volunteer monitoring restoration success

California

Coast KeeperEPA Five Star Challenge

National and Regional National and Regional PartnershipsPartnerships

Institute for Fisheries Resources

The Institutefor Sustainable

Forestry

Chesapeake Bay Program

Community-basedCommunity-basedRestoration and StewardshipRestoration and Stewardship

Saltmarshes

Seagrass Beds

Oyster Reefs

Mangroves

Stream Corridors

Kelp Forests

Coral Reefs

Dunes/Beaches

Volunteers successfully participate in a wide variety

of habitat restorations

Over 800 projects funded!

Oyster RestorationOyster Restoration

Student volunteers placing oysters grown during school year, Chesapeake Bay.

Olympia Oyster Restoration, Puget Sound, WA.

Puget Sound Restoration Fund volunteers with oyster grow-out bags prior to being filled.

Kennard Bog Fish Pass, pre and post-installation, Agawam River, Wareham, MA.

Fish Passage RestorationFish Passage Restoration

Adobe Creek Fish Passage, Santa Rosa, CA.

Fish Passage RestorationFish Passage Restoration

Dam RemovalDam Removal

Yokum Brook, Silk Mill Dam, MA (before).

Yokum Brook, MA (after).

Culvert ReplacementCulvert Replacement

Argilla Road, Ipswich, MA.

Marsh TerracingMarsh Terracing

Marsh terracing in Little Vermilion Bay, LA.

Sediment accretion along the edge of a terrace.

Kelp RestorationKelp Restoration

Volunteer monitoring kelp growth, Santa Monica, CA. Kelp on tiles,

Santa Monica, CA.

Wetland RestorationWetland Restoration

Volunteers plant Spartina plugs and install coir logs, Grasonville, MD.

Streamside FencingStreamside Fencing

Opposite side of same property with fencing, Adobe Creek, CA.

Stream with no fencing, Adobe Creek, CA.

Riparian RestorationRiparian Restoration

Restoration of Salmon Stream, Haskell Slough, WA.

Stream with no fencing, Adobe Creek, CA.

Derelict Gear RemovalDerelict Gear Removal

Derelict Crab Trap Removal, TX.

Coral Reef RestorationCoral Reef Restoration

Salvage of the Theresa Lynn

Salvaged coral fragments reattached

Dry Tortugas National Park, FL

Healthy Fishery ResourcesHealthy Fishery Resources

“Restoring Habitatfor Future Generations”

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration