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Celebrating Habitat Month

Join us in celebrating Habitat Month 2026! Learn how NOAA Fisheries' Office of Habitat Conservation works to restore habitat to support our nation’s fisheries.
July 28, 2026 - Feature Story ,
National
Graphic celebrating Habitat Month showing the dark blue outlines of a bird, a school of fish, and seagrass.

Revitalizing the Detroit River Ecosystem for Great Lakes Fisheries

NOAA and partners in the Great Lakes are transforming the Detroit River into an icon of hope for habitat.
April 17, 2025 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Sugar Island. Credit: Rami Tamimi/Geoics LLC Sugar Island. Credit: Rami Tamimi/Geoics LLC

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.
July 26, 2024 - Feature Story ,
National
A person on a boat wearing a life vest and sunglasses holds a clump of oysters Stephanie in her native habitat—on a boat hangin’ with some oysters. Credit: Stephanie Westby/NOAA Fisheries.

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.
July 22, 2024 - Feature Story ,
National
Several young people in matching shirts plant vegetation in a wetland OysterCorps members planting marsh grasses. Credit: Franklin’s Promise Coalition.

Meet NOAA's Habitat Conservation Team

Meet some of the Office of Habitat Conservation team and learn more about their work.
July 15, 2024 - Feature Story ,
National
Aerial view of a tidal marsh showing the intricate water channels and greenery. Chesapeake Bay wetlands. Credit: Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program.

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. Credit: Krista McCraken/NOAA Fisheries.

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 among 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 kickstart efforts to restore wetlands along the coast of New Orleans.
July 11, 2024 - Podcast ,
Southeast
Construction equipment rebuilds a levee at the edge of a flooded residential neighborhood New Orleans's Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina. Credit: National Wildlife Federation.

Millionth Spiny Superhero Released to Devour Hawaiʻi's Coral-Smothering Algae

One million sea urchins have now been deployed through the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources’ work in partnership with NOAA to restore corals after the M/V Cape Flattery grounded on an Oʻahu reef.
December 06, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
1598920005.jpg Hawaiian collector sea urchins clean invasive algae off of corals in Kāne‘ohe Bay. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

Celebrating Habitat Month 2023: Growing Habitat Together

A message from Carrie Selberg Robinson, director of NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation for Habitat Month.
July 11, 2023 - Leadership Message ,
National
A crowd of people holding shovels to break ground at a restoration project Carrie Selberg Robinson (front row, right) at groundbreaking ceremony for the Herring River Restoration Project in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Credit: NOAA.