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Celebrate Where Rivers Meet the Sea during National Estuaries Week
This is a post by Lou Cafiero of NOAA’s Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. A resting kayak at the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Rhode Island. Kayaking is just...
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In New Jersey, Celebrating a Revived Marsh and the Man who Made it Possible
This is a post by the NOAA Restoration Center’s Carl Alderson. Former State Assemblyman and champion of open space, Ernie Oros at the Woodbridge marsh dedication ceremony on Oct 16, 2007. (New York New...
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How Do Oil Spills Affect Coral Reefs?
Coral habitat in the Hawaiian Islands. (NOAA) A warming, more acidic ocean. Grounded ships and heavy fishing nets. Coral reefs face a lot of threats from humans. For these tiny animals that build their...
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Study Shows Gulf Dolphins in Poor Health following Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
A dolphin is observed with oil on its skin on August 5, 2010, in Barataria Bay, La. (Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries/Mandy Tumlin) Barataria Bay, located in the northern Gulf of Mexico,...
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As NOAA Damage Assessment Rules Turn 18, Restoration Trumps Arguing Over the...
How do you put a price tag on natural resources like this endangered Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle? (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) What is a fish or sea turtle or day of sailing worth? Some...
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A Delaware Salt Marsh Finds its way to Restoration by Channeling Success
This is a post by Simeon Hahn, Regional Resource Coordinator for the Office of Response and Restoration’s Assessment and Restoration Division. You can find the Indian River Power Plant situated along...
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NOAA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Correct GE’s Misinformation in Latest...
General Electric plant on the Hudson River in New York. (Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees) The Federal Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees sent a letter to General Electric (GE) today,...
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A Pennsylvania Mining Town Moves Beyond Toxic History of Denuded Mountains...
Palmerton, a small town in eastern Pennsylvania’s coal region, had its beginnings largely as a company town. In fact, it was incorporated in 1912 around the area’s growing zinc mining industry, which...
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After an Oil Spill, Why Does NOAA Count Recreational Fishing Trips People...
A perhaps less obvious impact of an oil spill is that people become unable to enjoy the benefits of the affected natural areas. For example, this could be recreational fishing, boating, swimming, or...
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Detecting Change in a Changing World: 25 Years After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Life between high and low tide along the Alaskan coast is literally rough and tumble. The marine animals and plants living there have to deal with both crashing sea waves at high tide and the drying...
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Latest Research Finds Serious Heart Troubles When Oil and Young Tuna Mix
Atlantic bluefin tuna are a very ecologically and economically valuable species. However, populations in the Gulf of Mexico are at historically low levels. (Copyright: Gilbert Van Ryckevorsel/TAG A...
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Marine Life in Gulf of Mexico Faces Multiple Challenges
Editor’s Note: This is a revised posting by Maggie Broadwater of NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science that has corrected some factual misstatements in the original post. A bottlenose...
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Little “Bugs” Can Spread Big Pollution Through Contaminated Rivers
This is a post by the NOAA Restoration Center’s Lauren Senkyr. When we think of natural resources harmed by pesticides, toxic chemicals, and oil spills, most of us probably envision soaring birds or...
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Science of Oil Spills Training Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2014
These classes help prepare responders to understand the environmental risks and scientific considerations when addressing oil spills. (California Office of Spill Prevention and Response) NOAA’s Office...
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What Have We Done for Endangered Species Lately?
The brown pelican, a successfully recovered species, was removed from the Endangered Species List in 2009. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Endangered species have a tough time of it. These plants and...
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Watch Bald Eagle Restoration Come Alive in California’s Channel Islands
On the heels of Endangered Species Day, we take a look at the incredible recovery story of the Bald Eagle, which teetered on the edge of extinction in the second half of the twentieth century, in part...
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A River Reborn: Restoring Salmon Habitat along Seattle’s Duwamish River
Cutting through south Seattle, the Duwamish River is still very much an industrial river. (NOAA) Just south of Seattle, the airplane manufacturer Boeing Company has created one of the largest habitat...
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April Showers Bring … Marine Debris to Pacific Northwest Beaches?
This is a post by Amy MacFadyen, oceanographer and modeler in the Office of Response and Restoration’s Emergency Response Division. Over the last few weeks, emergency managers in coastal Washington and...
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How to Restore a Damaged Coral Reef: Undersea Vacuums, Power Washers, and...
NOAA Fisheries Biologist Matt Parry contributed to this story and this restoration work. After a ship runs aground on a coral reef, the ocean bottom becomes a messy place: thickly carpeted with a layer...
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Wishing You a Happy Donut Day (Free of Frying Oil Spills)
Happy Donut Day from NOAA! Tomorrow we celebrate National Donut Day. As scientists who work in oil spill response, and who also love these oil-fried creations, we know that donut oil can harm the...
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