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Meet Alejandra Mickle-Arce, Marine Habitat Resource Specialist in the NOAA Restoration Center

After growing up on the Peruvian coast, Ale turned her love of the ocean, along with strong family support, into restoring coastal habitats here in the U.S.
September 27, 2021 - Feature Story ,
National
A group of research staff underway on a vessel. Ale (center, standing) on a marine research cruise off the coast of Florida. Credit: Alejandra Mickle-Arce

Restoration Webinars Share Best Practices from Across the Nation

Webinar series offers a venue for sharing new approaches, best practices, and innovative techniques for habitat restoration.
September 13, 2021 - Feature Story ,
National
An excavator digs into the soil alongside a river, with a fishing boat in the background An excavator works to construct a channel that would restore tidal flow to the Bahía Grande in southern Texas. (Credit: NOAA Fisheries)

Habitat Restoration Projects Offer Protection from Flooding

Two habitat restoration projects supported by NOAA Fisheries are featured in a new resource highlighting nature-based solutions for flooding.
April 07, 2021 - Feature Story ,
National
A river flows past several historic brick buildings The Mill River flows past the former site of the West Britannia Dam, after its removal. Credit: Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration.

Native American Veteran Intern to Begin Work Restoring Washington’s Puget Sound

Through a NOAA Veterans Corps internship, Air Force veteran Tillie Smith will begin a new journey restoring habitat and resources in Puget Sound, and gaining scientific experience to build a career in natural resources.
March 09, 2021 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Tillie Smith kneeling in a patch of vegetation Photo courtesy of Tillie Smith.

Top Habitat Conservation Stories of 2020

Despite a challenging 2020, NOAA Habitat continued protecting, restoring, and telling stories about habitat and its value to fisheries and communities. Here are the stories, videos and topics that surfaced as our most popular content throughout the year.
January 28, 2021 - Feature Story ,
National
A colorful coral community in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Image: NOAA/University of North Carolina Wilmington A colorful coral reef in the Gulf of Mexico's Flower Garden Banks Sanctuary. Image: NOAA/University of North Carolina Wilmington

More Than 30 Acres of New Reef Habitat Built Off the Southern California Coast

NOAA and partners built new rocky reef habitat that will provide healthy homes for fish and marine life. This is one of many Southern California projects restoring wetland, reef and other habitats polluted by DDT and PCBs.
December 16, 2020 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
A tug boat approaching large barge with a pile of boulders off the California coast. A barge of the large rocks for the reef is moved to the project location early during construction in May. Image: Chelsea Muñoz Williams/Vantuna Research Group

Watershed Program Publications

Publications of the Northwest Fisheries Science Center's Watershed Program from 2010-present.
West Coast

Seaweed Aquaculture

Seaweed farming, the fastest-growing aquaculture sector, can benefit farmers, communities, and the environment.
National
harvesting-kelp-ak.jpg Scientists check a longline outplanting of sugar kelp at an experimental site near Coghlan Island, Alaska. Credit: University of Alaska/Mike Stekoll.

From The Air Force to Fisheries, a Former NOAA Veteran Intern’s Career Path in Science

Barney Boyer, former Air Force engineer, and our first veteran intern in Washington, leveraged the internship to earn a graduate degree, then landed at a Michigan environmental agency where he’s keeping the state’s waters clean for fish and communities.
September 25, 2020 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Two scientists stand in a stream, next to water quality testing equipment under the surface. Former NOAA veteran intern Barney Boyer (left) out in the field with a colleague deploying water quality testing equipment. Image: Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy

Monitoring Guidance and Tools Research Products

The NWFSC Watershed Program's select publications related to restoration effectiveness research.
West Coast