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  • New Report Summarizes Climate Change Impacts

    Aug 27: According to the 2013 National Climate Assessment, the nation’s valuable ocean ecosystems and marine resources are already being impacted by a changing climate.

  • Ross Sea—An Ecological Treasure

    Jul 1: Nations consider adoption of proposal to protect the Ross Sea, one of the most unique and biologically rich places on earth.

  • Largest Oyster Restoration in Chesapeake Bay

    May 29: There are three important things to consider when building an oyster reef: location, location, location.

  • NOAA Supports Unfettered Access for River Herring

    May 30: Recently, the legislation to open fish passage on the St. Croix River for river herring became law. This photo is of an underwater school of herring in the St. Croix River. Credit: Ben Gahagan, CTDEEP.

  • Vets Restore Endangered Salmon Habitat

    May 22: Our new video highlights military veterans working to restore endangered salmon habitat in California, a NOAA-funded pilot project in partnership with the California Conservation Corps and California's Department of Fish and Game.

  • New Report—"More Habitat Means More Fish"

    May 7: NOAA announces the release of an illustrated report outlining the crucial role that habitat plays in keeping U.S. commercial and recreational fisheries strong.

  • More Habitat Means More Fish

    Apr 29: U.S. fisheries play an enormous role in the U.S. economy, and healthy freshwater, coastal, and marine habitats are essential to those fisheries.

  • Increasing Effective Habitat Conservation

    Apr 22: NOAA and our partners have conserved nearly one billion acres of habitat essential to our valuable commercial and recreational fisheries. Read more from Buck Sutter, Director of NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation.

  • Beavers: Nature's 1st River Restoration Engineers

    Apr 18: The same things beavers do naturally—cut down trees, dam up water, flood riverbanks—are exactly what we are trying to do to improve habitat for Pacific salmon.

  • New Video—From Gravel Pits to Salmon Habitat

    Apr 15: California is looking at an innovative restoration method: reclaiming abandoned gravel pits as habitat for salmon.

  • Balancing the Needs of Farmers and Fish

    Apr 15: The Russian River and its tributaries flowing through California’s wine country are in high demand. When farmers draw water for their vineyards, streams can dry up, stranding fish. See how NOAA is helping balance the needs of farmers and fish.

  • How Forecasting Frost Can Help Save Fish

    Apr 15: Sonoma County wine growers have long battled crop-killing frost, and some ways to protect their vines use so much water from the nearby Russian River that they can hurt fish. Learn how NOAA’s National Weather Service found a way to help.

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