Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

New Funding and Coordinated Action to Help Bring California Salmon Back from the Brink

NOAA and its partners are implementing dozens of projects to benefit endangered Central California Coast coho salmon.

November 06, 2023 - Feature Story ,

West Coast

Coho salmon with pinkish gray body swimming. Background of sand and rocks looks blurred.

Local Talent and Indigenous Knowledge Key to Restoring Hawaiʻi Coral Reefs

Threats to coral are increasing and the involvement of the local community is imperative. With funding through NOAA’s underserved community grants, Kuleana Coral Restoration graduated their first cohort of local and Native Hawaiian ocean conservationists.

October 30, 2023 - Feature Story ,

Pacific Islands

COAST participants prepare for one of their first restoration dives. From left to right: Baylee Jackson, Pono Okimoto, Denise Oishi (instructor) Ciara Ratum, and Makaio Villanueva. (Photo: Blake Nowack/Kuleana Coral Reefs)

NOAA Fisheries Is Hiring: Positions Available to Support the Inflation Reduction Act

The historic Inflation Reduction Act has allowed NOAA Fisheries and other agencies to increase the resiliency of our nation's marine resources against climate impacts. Learn more about the positions available and join our mission.

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Rewriting the Disaster Narrative in New Orleans through Collaboration and Community

With $1.2 million in funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, NOAA is amplifying local efforts in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward and St. Bernard Parish to restore wetlands and revitalize communities.

September 22, 2023 - Feature Story ,

Southeast

Bayou Bienvenue Wetlands today (left) versus a healthy cypress swamp in Louisiana (right). (Photos: Shutterstock)

Louisiana Living Shoreline to Protect Levees, Restore Wetlands, and Reconnect People to the Coast

With $4.5 million dollars in funding from NOAA under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, Jefferson Parish is building the first living shoreline to protect a federal levee system.

September 11, 2023 - Feature Story ,

Southeast

Construction of the Bucktown Living Shoreline (Photo: Moffatt & Nichol)

Biden-Harris Administration makes $45 million available for coastal habitat restoration and resilience for tribes and underserved communities through Investing in America agenda

Funding will advance NOAA’s efforts to build a more Climate-Ready Nation

September 01, 2023 - Media Release ,

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Aerial view of native village of Levelock, Alaska.

NOAA funding is supporting the native village of Levelock, Alaska, in assessing how future climate scenarios could affect their community. (Image credit: USGS)

$45 Million Available to Advance Habitat Restoration Priorities of Tribes and Underserved Communities

NOAA will support capacity building, actionable science support, and restoration activities that benefit tribes and underserved communities and enhance their resilience to climate change.

September 01, 2023 - Feature Story ,

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