NOAA participates in the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, launched in 2010 to protect and restore the largest system of fresh surface water in the world — the Great Lakes.
NOAA is recommending $1.37 million in funding for continued support of two Great Lakes regional habitat restoration partnerships, the Great Lakes Commission and Friends of the Detroit River. These partners are continuing projects previously planned and initiated to conserve wetlands, improve fish migration, and restore habitat for fish and wildlife.
David Packer, a marine ecologist from NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Sandy Hook, New Jersey, reviews his decades of work to build awareness of essential fish habitat.
Strange sea creatures and unwanted material filling fishing nets may frustrate fishermen who only want to catch certain fish. But these unwelcome catches also challenge marine scientists and managers. In Alaska, fishermen and scientists have been uniting to address their related concerns.
NOAA is recommending $4.5 million in funding for 10 new projects through the 2017 Community-based Restoration Program Coastal and Marine Habitat Restoration Grants competition.
The Eel River watershed was once the third largest producer of Pacific salmon and steelhead in California, where fish populations have declined rapidly since the 1950s. The longest salmon run in the state, the Eel watershed is a high priority for successfully rebuilding salmon stocks.
