habitat restoration News
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Congress supports funding for critical coastal and ocean conservation programs
Congress unveiled its $1.3 trillion spending bill late Wednesday that resists deep cuts to critical environmental programs. Many programs focused on coastal habitat restoration and conservation within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) saw strong ...
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EPA announces funding to restore Lake Erie and put people back to work
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced funding for three Toledo-area Great Lakes Restoration Initiative projects totaling nearly $2.4 million. The projects will help to restore Lake Erie and put people back to work, using a conservation corps model to hire unemployed workers to improve habitat and clean up shoreline. The three Toledo-area projects were selected from 44 ...
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EPA Announces `Cleanup Complete` at Sheboygan River Area of Concern
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the completion of all dredging and habitat restoration projects required to remove the Sheboygan River "Area of Concern" from a list of toxic hot spots identified in the 1987 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. "Thanks to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative -- and our dedicated federal, state and local partners -- we have finished ...
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ERS Delivers Restorative Planting for Louisiana Coastal Restoration Projects
Ecological Restoration Services, L.L.C., (ERS), a subsidiary of Resource Environmental Solutions, L.L.C. (RES), has successfully completed restorative planting projects along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. ERS won competitive bids from the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources to grow, store, deliver and install native Louisiana vegetation species to enable and ensure coastal protection following ...
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$2.1 million great lakes restoration initiative shoreline project lays groundwork for taking white lake off area of concern list
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, working with the state of Michigan, today announced a new restoration effort for the shoreline of White Lake, near Muskegon. The $2.1 million investment, part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), will ultimately result in the lake being taken off a binational list of U.S.-Canada “Areas of Concern” or AOCs. White Lake flows into ...
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EPA Announces Over $50 Million for Final Projects Needed to Remove Sheboygan River Area of Concern from Great Lakes Cleanup List
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Sheboygan area officials joined forces today to kick off the final dredging work and habitat restoration projects needed to remove the Sheboygan River "Area of Concern" from a list of toxic hot spots identified in the 1987 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. EPA has targeted up to $57 million for work in the Sheboygan River AOC, which is on Lake ...
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Cleanup Work Complete in the Ashtabula River Area of Concern
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the completion of all cleanup work required to remove the Ashtabula River on Lake Erie from the binational list of Great Lakes Areas of Concern. EPA Region 5 Administrator/Great Lakes Program Manager Susan Hedman was joined for the announcement by U.S. Representative Dave Joyce, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Director Craig Butler, ...
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EPA Marks Major Progress in St. Louis River Area of Concern on Lake Superior
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Susan Hedman today announced the completion of a major habitat restoration project and additional funding for another habitat project in the St. Louis River Area of Concern on Lake Superior. Hedman was joined by U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan and Mayor Don Ness for a tour of the completed project in Chambers Grove Park in Duluth. The Great Lakes ...
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EPA Regional Administrator Visits Queens Park to Spotlight the Importance of Protecting Wetlands
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck today joined Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, the Commissioner for NYC Parks, and Irene Scheid, the Executive Director at the Alley Pond Education Center, to mark progress of EPA-funded work to restore wetlands at Alley Pond, in Douglaston and Flushing, Queens. In recent years, the EPA has provided $480,000 I grants to NYC Parks ...
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EPA and MDEQ OK $12 million muskegon lake cleanup
A $12 million Great Lakes Legacy Act cleanup of contaminated sediment at Muskegon Lake’s Division Street Outfall area is set to begin in May 2011. The initial focus of the Muskegon Lake project involves the dredging and safe disposal of 41,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from the bottom of the lake in an area between Heritage Landing and Hartshorn Marina, near downtown Muskegon. ...
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Tampa Bay Estuary Program and Restore America’s Estuaries to Receive Third Place Gulf Guardian Award in the Partnerships Category
Today the Gulf of Mexico Program announced that Tampa Bay Estuary Program & Restore America’s Estuaries will receive a Third Place 2015 Gulf Guardian Award in the Partnerships Category. The award will be given tonight at an awards ceremony at the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi, Texas. Diane Altsman, Chief of Staff of the Gulf of Mexico Program said, “This is the 13th year ...
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EPA, Southern Co. and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Recognize Five Star and Urban Waters Projects in the Southeast
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Southern Company met with 2013 Five Star and Urban Waters Program awardees to recognize and highlight their work to restore streams and watersheds. “Watershed and stream restoration projects play a significant role in improving public health, providing additional recreational opportunities and ...
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$1.3 Million Awarded for Community-Based Projects to Improve Health of Long Island Sound
Top federal and state environmental officials today announced 22 grants totaling more than $1.3 million to local government and community groups in Connecticut and New York to improve the health of Long Island Sound. The projects, which are funded through the Long Island Sound Futures Fund, will open up 12.4 miles of river for passage of native fish and restore 80 acres of coastal habitat, ...
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More than $2.4 million awarded for community-based projects to improve health and vitality of Long Island sound; supports education and stewardship, improves water
The Long Island Sound Futures Fund will provide $2,444,696 in grants to state and local governments and community groups to restore the health of the Long Island Sound. The Sound Futures Fund is financed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and FedEx. It supports innovative projects that restore and ...
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American Carbon Registry Initiates Approval of World`s First Carbon Offset Methodology for Deltaic Wetland Restoration
American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, announces an open public comment period for a first-of-its-kind carbon offset methodology that will both quantify how wetland restoration work can combat climate change and provide a way to help pay for rebuilding the Gulf of Mexico's disappearing coastal wetland. The methodology, Restoration of Degraded Deltaic ...
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FedEx and NFWF target urban restoration
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and FedEx have announced nine grant awards that will enable urban residents across the country to take action on local environmental challenges. The Five Star Restoration Program grants will fund a range of projects, from restoring ocean-side bluffs in Golden Gate National Park to re-planting neglected urban forests in Philadelphia. Additional ...
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Restoring natural habitats in Myanmar a reconstruction priority, says IUCN
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) offers to share its broad environmental experience to help with the reconstruction efforts in Myanmar. A vital long-term environmental need is to restore coastal ecosystems, following the catastrophic damage caused by the recent cyclone. “While we, like the rest of the world, are worried about the pace of the relief effort, we also believe we ...
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EPA awards $2.4 million to restore coastal habitats in the Gulf
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded more than $2.4 million to revitalize coastal areas along the Gulf of Mexico. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program (CBBEP), and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) are the grant recipients. They will use the money to restore land lost in areas where commercial and ...
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NOAA-Funded Toolkit Empowers Citizen-Driven Coastal Actions
Today, Restore America’s Estuaries and NOAA launched Coastal Restoration Toolkit ( restoreyourcoast.org ), a new website that provides resources and project examples for both citizen-driven and organizational coastal restoration projects. Since nearly 50% of the U.S. population live in coastal regions, the potential to support a diverse range of users and inspire much-needed actions is ...
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$1.29 million Awarded for Community-Based Projects to Improve Health of Long Island Sound; More than $915,000 awarded to support projects in Connecticut
Top federal and state environmental officials today announced 23 grants totaling $1,295,972 to local government and community groups in Connecticut and New York to improve the health of Long Island Sound. The projects, which are funded through the Long Island Sound Futures Fund, will open up 12.2 river miles for passage of native fish and restore 50 acres of critical fish and wildlife habitat ...
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