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Building Futures: How GulfCorps Combines Habitat Restoration with Job Training

In our final podcast, learn about the GulfCorps conservation program. It’s helping local residents get training and experience restoring habitats harmed by the Deepwater Horizon spill that will help them prepare for future employment.
April 22, 2025 - Podcast ,
TNC18005_170314_0257.jpg GulfCorps crews clear vegetation to restore habitat in Florida. Credit: The Nature Conservancy/John Stanmeyer

Florida Creek Restoration Benefits Fish and People in Jacksonville

The restoration of McCoys Creek with NOAA funds is creating fish habitat and recreational space for community members. It also takes 150 homes out of the flood zone.
April 21, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Excavating a new channel for McCoys Creek to replace an 850-foot tunnel that forced the creek underground. Credit: City of Jacksonville Excavating a new channel for McCoys Creek to replace an 850-foot tunnel that forced the creek underground. Credit: City of Jacksonville

Restoring the Gulf: 15 Years After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

This April marks 15 years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Learn about our efforts to restore the Gulf's ecosystem since then.
April 21, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Five people on a boat near a wetland Monitoring at Wilkinson Bay in the Barataria Basin, Louisiana. Credit: David Reeves/NOAA

Revitalizing the Gulf: Highlights from 15 Years of Restoration

NOAA and partners have made significant progress addressing the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. From marsh creation to better fishing practices, our work is restoring the Gulf’s habitats and marine resources.
April 16, 2025 - Feature Story ,
A man throw a rop off the side of a boat Pelagic longline fishing vessel. (Credit: Jay Fleming Photography/National Fish and Wildlife Foundation).

Rebuilding Puerto Rico’s Mangroves: How BoriCorps Creates Jobs for Young Professionals

This NOAA-funded program helps Puerto Rican young professionals get training and job experience to enter the workforce, while restoring mangroves destroyed by Hurricane Maria.
March 19, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Several people in blue long-sleeve BoriCorps shirts and sunhats wade through shallow water, dragging mangrove plants. BoriCorps members plant mangroves in Puerto Rico. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Oyster Restoration Investments Net Positive Returns for Economy and Environment

Discover how oyster reef restoration in North Carolina delivers strong economic returns. A new report reveals a $1.70 return for every $1 invested.
February 25, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Stevens Towing building new oyster sanctuary reefs in the Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Credit: Stevens Towing Stevens Towing building new oyster sanctuary reefs in the Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Credit: Stevens Towing

Nearly $37 Million Will Support Habitat Restoration in Coastal Louisiana

The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act Program has approved funding for the NOAA-sponsored North Delacroix Marsh Creation and Terracing Project. The project will restore coastal habitat in St. Bernard Parish.
January 23, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Green marsh with pockets of blue water to be restored. Aerial photo taken of the marsh restoration project site in North Delacroix, Louisiana from Highway 300 facing east at the Wood Lake community. This broken marsh area will be restored. Jack’s Canal can be seen along with the pump station and tidal protection levee. (Credit: Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority).

2024 Winter News Roundup

A roundup of recent headlines from around the agency—hear about using illegal eel smuggling operation, scientists using AI to better understand monk seals, and funding announcements tied to climate resiliency and helping coastal communities.
December 18, 2024 - Podcast ,
A scientist wearing a personal flotation device squats in front of a long-range autonomous underwater vehicle typing on a laptop while on the back deck of a research vessel at sea. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution engineer Owen Ceserano downloads images collected from a long-range autonomous underwater vehicle called “Stella” on deck of R/V Hugh R. Sharp. HabCam can be seen in the background. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Zach Fyke

GulfCorps Member Alexis Powell: Working with Chain Saws While Achieving Life Goals

The GulfCorps, a program managed by NOAA and The Nature Conservancy, helps restore Gulf Coast habitat and provides young people with a pathway to environmental careers. Meet GulfCorps alumnus Alexis Powell and learn how the program transformed her life.
December 05, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Alexis Powell with a chainsaw. Credit: Alexis Powell Alexis Powell with a chainsaw. Credit: Alexis Powell