Restoration Center Programs
Habitat restoration and conservation are essential
to the future health and sustainability of our nation’s
coastal resources and fisheries. For this reason,
the
Restoration Center is committed to implementing quality
restoration projects, advancing the science of habitat
restoration, and monitoring the success of efforts
to ensure healthy and sustainable fishery resources.
Key
to this commitment is the Restoration Center’s
mission to expand local habitat restoration techniques
into broad-scale, ecosystem restoration approaches
in all coastal, estuarine, and anadromous fish habitats
within the United States and its territories. To provide
solutions to restoration challenges in all of these
habitats, the Restoration Center implements several
major programs: Restoration conducted under the Coastal Wetlands Planning,
Protection, and Restoration Act reduces coastal erosion
and reverses wetlands loss in Louisiana, where tens
of thousands of acres of wetlands are lost through
subsidence,
erosion and die-offs each year. The Community-based Restoration Program applies a novel,
grass-roots approach to restoration and is designed
to actively engage communities in on-the-ground restoration
of local habitats. Under the Damage Assessment, Remediation and Restoration Program,
restoration scientists and managers ensure that injured
marine resources are restored after oil spills, toxic
releases, or ship groundings. The Restoration Center advances emerging restoration
technology, science, and cost-effective practices
through
its Restoration Research Program. As the Restoration Center expands its programs and
its role in regional and ecosystem restoration, its
goal is to be in a position to conduct broad-scale
ecosystem restoration planning and implementation
with its national,
regional, and local partners in all important coastal,
estuarine, and anadromous fish habitats throughout
the
United States and its territories. |
