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Chesapeake Summer Interns Join our Team

College students, recent grads gain experience and help the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office.
July 15, 2024 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
collage of photos featuring five young people who are serving as interns in summer 2024 We're delighted to have the summer 2024 interns with us at the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office. Collage of courtesy photos: NOAA Fisheries/NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office.

Meet NOAA's Habitat Conservation Team

Meet some of the Habitat Conservation team and learn more about their work.
July 15, 2024 - Feature Story ,
National
Aerial-view-of-Chesapeake-Bay-estuary-Credit-NOAA.jpg Aerial view of Chesapeake Bay estuary. Credit: NOAA.

Celebrating Habitat Month 2024: Habitat for All

A message from Carrie Selberg Robinson, director of NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation, for Habitat Month.
July 15, 2024 - Leadership Message ,
National
People at saltmarsh near Charleston, South Carolina Carrie Robinson (second from left) at a site visit to a salt marsh in the Charleston, South Carolina area with partners and NOAA staff.

Meet Krista McCraken, Marine Habitat Resource Specialist for the NOAA Restoration Center

Krista supports habitat restoration and community resilience in the South Atlantic.
July 15, 2024 - Feature Story ,
National
A person wearing a green baseball cap sits in a boat near a marsh Krista conducts a site visit at the Drayton Hall salt marsh restoration project on the Ashley River in Charleston, South Carolina. Photo: Krista McCraken/NOAA Fisheries.

First Winter Foraging Ground For Endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Identified

Whales were recorded foraging in Tuxedni Bay and River from September to May, some of the most undisturbed sections of their critical habitat.
July 15, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Scientist looking at scientific equipment near a lake with hills and trees

Meet Chemine Jackels, Marine Habitat Specialist for the NOAA Restoration Center

Chemine Jackels works as a Technical Monitor supporting habitat restoration projects in the Pacific Northwest.
July 11, 2024 - Feature Story ,
National
A person stands on large boulders near a river, holding the leashes of two large fluffy white dogs Chemine with her two dogs on the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River in Western Washington. Photo: Chemine Jackels/NOAA Fisheries.

Restoring New Orleans Wetlands After Hurricane Katrina

New federal funding will advance environmental justice in the Lower Ninth Ward and kickstart efforts to restore wetlands along the coast of New Orleans.
July 11, 2024 - Podcast ,
Southeast
New Orlean's Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina New Orlean's Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina (Photo: National Wildlife Federation)

Celebrating Habitat Month

Join us in celebrating Habitat Month 2024! Learn more about how NOAA Fisheries' Office of Habitat Conservation is working to restore habitat to support fisheries, protected species, and coastal communities.
July 01, 2024 - Feature Story ,
National
Graphic celebrating Habitat Month showing the dark blue outlines of a bird, a school of fish, and seagrass.

Ambitious Living Shoreline Project Combats Coastal Land Loss in South Carolina

With $6.8 million from NOAA, The Nature Conservancy will build a 2,000-foot-long living shoreline near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. The organization will also help low-income landowners implement living shorelines on their properties.
July 01, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
Volunteers building an oyster castle living shoreline reef near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort (Photo: Lance Cpl. Kyle Baskin/U.S. Marine Corps) Volunteers building an oyster castle living shoreline reef near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort (Photo: Lance Cpl. Kyle Baskin/U.S. Marine Corps)

Restoring Coral and Stream Banks Through the National Fish Habitat Partnership

Partners are making great strides in habitat restoration and angler engagement projects in Hawaiʻi and Alaska.
June 18, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Pacific Islands
National
People along a stream bank working together to dig holes and plant plants. Near Talkeetna, Alaska, volunteers are hard at work planting native trees and shrubs to improve shoreline habitat for fish on Montana Creek, a popular trout and salmon-fishing stream. Credit: Trout Unlimited Alaska