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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 ,

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

Protecting Species While Planning for Offshore Wind Development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico

New study proposes a scoring method for evaluating risk to protected species with offshore wind development projects.

July 03, 2023 - Feature Story ,

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Rice's Whale. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Threatened and Endangered Species of the Southeastern United States

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act by getting to know some of the threatened and endangered species found in the waters of the southeastern United States.

June 09, 2023 - Feature Story ,

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A Rice's whale swimming near the surface. Photo: NOAA Fisheries (ESA/MMPA Permit No. 779-1633).

The Endangered Species Act: 50 Years of Conserving Species

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act by learning more about NOAA's work to conserve endangered species and their habitats.

May 19, 2023 - Feature Story ,

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50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act with smalltooth sawfish, green turtle, Atlantic salmon, staghorn, North Atlantic right whale, and Tubastraea floreana

Protected Marine Species Identification Guide Southeast United States

This guide is intended for use by mariners in the identification and reporting of threatened and endangered marine species in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and U.S. Caribbean.

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Gulf Sturgeon 5-Year Review

In 2019, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries announced the initiation of a 5-year review for the Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi). We are required by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to conduct 5-year reviews to ensure…

Notice of initiation of 5-year review (84 FR 14668, April 11, 2019)

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Gulf Sturgeon 5-Year Review

A 5-year review is a periodic analysis of a species’ status conducted to ensure that the listing classification of a species as threatened or endangered on the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants is accurate.

June 02, 2022 - ESA 5-Year Review ,

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