We are excited to kick off Habitat Month! All month long, we will share amazing habitat conservation efforts through our website and social media. The theme this year is "Habitat for All.” We will focus on how the Office of Habitat Conservation is working together with our partners to protect and restore healthy habitats across the country. Through inclusive partnerships, we aim to ensure that these vital ecosystems continue to support diverse species and coastal and Great Lakes communities for generations to come.
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Habitat Features
World’s Biggest Dam Removal Project to Open 420 Miles of Salmon Habitat this Fall
With the dams on the lower Klamath scheduled for complete removal by September, salmon will reenter 420 miles of habitat for the first time in a century. NOAA recommends $20 million in funding for additional river restoration.
Read about the dam removal effort
NOAA Recommends Nearly $220 Million in Funding for Transformational Habitat Restoration and Coastal Resilience Projects
Thirty-two new projects will strengthen the climate resilience of coastal ecosystems and communities under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act.
Learn about the projects recommended for funding
NOAA Partners Create Jobs, Train Future Leaders to Advance Habitat Restoration Across the Country
With funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, partners are leading efforts to support current and future restoration practitioners and advance projects that are important to local communities.
Building capacity for habitat restoration
Restoring Resilience–Completion of the West Cove Living Shoreline in Louisiana
In June 2024, NOAA worked with partners to complete the West Cove Living Shoreline–a selected restoration project from the Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program’s Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment of the Shell Green Canyon 248 oil spill.
Read about the restoration project
NOAA Satellite Products Support Middle Peninsula Habitat Focus Area Efforts
The Middle Peninsula Habitat Suitability Index uses satellite data that helps restoration practitioners know more about the areas they aim to restore.
After Environmental Disasters, NOAA Works to Restore Habitat for All
Habitat restoration isn't just about planting trees—it's about revitalizing and fortifying entire ecosystems to benefit all who rely on them.
Restoring important habitats and resources nationwide
Habitat Restoration Supports Jobs, Stewardship
A technical memorandum from the NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation looks at economic and environmental benefits from 125 habitat restoration projects from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.
Environmental and socioeconomic benefits of habitat restoration
Habitat Restoration in the Great Lakes: By the Numbers
NOAA’s habitat restoration work in the Great Lakes strengthens healthy fisheries and ecosystems, benefits local economies, and supports resilient communities.
Learn about habitat restoration in the Great Lakes
About Habitat's Team
Celebrating Habitat Month 2024: Habitat for All
A message from Carrie Selberg Robinson, director of NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation, for Habitat Month.
Meet Stephanie Westby, Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Program Manager for the NOAA Restoration Center
Stephanie grew up sailing on the Chesapeake Bay and grew to love all things water. Now, she supports large-scale oyster restoration projects on the estuary as the Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Program Manager for the Office of Habitat Conservation’s Restoration Center.
Learn more about Stephanie's work
Meet Emily Mailman, Marine Habitat Resource Specialist for the NOAA Restoration Center
Emily Mailman is a Marine Habitat Resource Specialist based in Anchorage, Alaska. She supports the work of the Office of Habitat Conservation’s Restoration Center in Alaska.
Meet Lindsay French, Marine Habitat Resource Specialist for the NOAA Restoration Center
Lindsay French is a technical monitor for habitat restoration projects funded under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act in North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
Read more about Lindsay's work
Meet John Barco, Marine Habitat Resource Specialist and Gulf of Mexico Team Lead for the NOAA Restoration Center
John supports NOAA’s Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program to restore habitat in the Southeast.
Meet David Bruce, Ecologist at the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
David explores how fish use restored habitat in the Chesapeake Bay.
Chesapeake Summer Interns Join our Team
College students, recent grads gain experience and help the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office.
Meet Krista McCraken, Marine Habitat Resource Specialist for the NOAA Restoration Center
Krista supports habitat restoration and community resilience in the South Atlantic.
Meet Chemine Jackels, Marine Habitat Specialist for the NOAA Restoration Center
Chemine works as a Technical Monitor supporting habitat restoration projects in the Pacific Northwest.
Providing Technical Support for Habitat Restoration Efforts
NOAA Fisheries provides scientific and technical assistance to help plan, design, and implement effective and efficient habitat restoration projects in coastal and marine habitats across the country.
Habitat restoration across the country
Habitat Videos, Podcasts, and Story Maps
Podcast: Restoring New Orleans Wetlands After Hurricane Katrina
New Orleans' wetlands and bayous are essential to the city's identity, but have been severely degraded over time. Learn about new federal funding that will kickstart efforts to involve communities in restoring them.
Video: Healthy Habitat—The Foundation of America's Seafood and Fisheries
Healthy habitat is the foundation of our nation's seafood and fisheries. Habitat provides important feeding and breeding grounds for fish and protected species. Without healthy habitat, we cannot sustain the fisheries that will feed Americans now.
Podcast: Dam Removals Boost Atlantic Salmon Populations in Maine
Habitat restoration efforts on the Penobscot River in Maine will help Atlantic salmon population recover and support ancestral traditions of the Penobscot Nation.
