The Takeaway: Partners in Wisconsin used Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding to assess wetland, floodplain, and stream conditions to identify and prioritize areas that, if restored, would provide the best opportunities to reduce flood risk.
The Takeaway: State partners in Wisconsin joined to create the Collaborative Action for Lake Michigan (CALM) Coastal Resilience network to build resilience and mitigate hazards by increasing coordination among local, regional, and state agencies.
The Takeaway: The South Slough Reserve updated its visitor center, incorporating local Indigenous knowledge and aligning with Americans with Disabilities Act standards, to educate visitors about the importance of watersheds and estuaries.
The Takeaway: In the National Estuarine Research Reserves, a decades-long monitoring program provides valuable information for communities working to safeguard their coastal resources.
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National Estuarine Research Reserves, Partnership, Research, Training and Education, Data and Tools, Nationwide, Maine, New York, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, Wisconsin, Maryland
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National Coastal Resilience Fund, Coastal Zone Management, National Estuarine Research Reserves, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Puerto Rico
The Takeaway: The Minnesota Coastal Management Program used funding from two sources to take a culvert replacement project from engineering and design all the way to implementation.
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National Coastal Resilience Fund, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, California, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Washington
The Takeaway: Hudson River Reserve staff shared expertise that helps support migratory fish habitat restoration in the countries of Georgia and Romania.
The Takeaway: Partners across the Great Lakes worked to secure funding for engineering and design support for three projects in Wisconsin. This offers a major first step toward project completion.
The Takeaway: The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians regained ownership of 27 acres of their ancestral homelands at Cape Foulweather on the Oregon Coast thanks to a $2.01 million NOAA grant.
The Takeaway: A NOAA Coastal Management Fellow developed the I-ADAPT tool to help Delaware residents and businesses better prepare their properties for flooding through personalized recommendations.
The Takeaway: A project that mimics aspects of cobble sand beaches virtually stopped the erosion of shoreline uplands in pilot studies aided by NOAA and Washington State’s coastal zone management program.
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Coastal Zone Management, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Conservation, Training and Education, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
The Takeaway: This natural resource continues to decline. To help prioritize conservation efforts, a study by the National Estuarine Research Reserve System projects marsh survival rates.
The Takeaway: NOAA funding will expand South Carolina’s Black River land conservation effort and protect 1,800 acres of floodplain for enhanced flood protection, water quality, wildlife habitat, and recreational opportunities.
The Takeaway: High-resolution land cover data is now available through NOAA’s Digital Coast. This data provides communities with the foundational data needed to assess coastal resources, analyze land use, prepare for disaster risks, and adapt to a changing climate.
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Coastal Zone Management, Digital Coast, Data and Tools, Alaska, California, Connecticut, Florida, Guam, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Washington
The Takeaway: A collaborative NOAA-funded effort has secured and preserved a 400+ acre waterfront property in Pamlico County, ensuring wildlife habitat conservation and public access for outdoor activities in the Goose Creek Game Lands.
The Takeaway: A NOAA grant allowed the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve to acquire and safeguard 74.5 acres of vital tidal marshland in Washington, aiding in the larger endeavor to revive up to 105 acres of the area’s tidal marshes.
The Takeaway: A project led by the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve is transforming New York’s riverbanks cost-effectively with nature-based strategies.
The Takeaway: Innovative sand dune restoration along Maine’s coastline employs reclaimed trees to fortify eroded areas, showcasing successful collaborative efforts between local authorities and environmental agencies.
The Takeaway: After years of effort, Maine published the CoastWise Approach manual, a guide featuring best practices, decision-making tools, and a pathway for designing climate-resilient tidal crossings that are cost-effective and ecologically friendly.
The Takeaway: Several Michigan communities came together to raise awareness about the dangers of septic systems polluting White Lake, creating campaigns that helped property owners take an active role in self-inspection and preventing pollution.
The Takeaway: The Chagrin River Floodplain Land Conservation Project has preserved 105 acres of habitat, contributing to a growing conservation corridor under NOAA’s Climate-Ready Coasts initiative.
The Takeaway: The Teachers on the Estuary program offers educators a way to access hands-on learning experiences at the Tijuana River Research Reserve. This effort enhances science education and promotes estuary stewardship for the next generation.
The Takeaway: The Upper Mattaponi Tribe’s historic reclamation of its ancestral lands along the Mattaponi River in Virginia not only preserves the tribe’s heritage but also ignites a visionary environmental stewardship, fostering harmony between tradition, culture, and ecological restoration.
The Takeaway: With the alignment of local and federal funding, the healing of Georgia’s salt marshes is underway as the Army Corps of Engineers corrects decades of environmental damage caused by the logging industry, with initial restoration efforts showing improvements to water flow and natural features.
The Takeaway: Scientists across the National Estuarine Research Reserve System have conducted the first-ever North American inventory of coastal wetland wildlife using 140 cameras in 29 estuaries.
The Takeaway: Tybee Island restores eroding dunes using native plantings and innovative monitoring methods, leading to nationwide recognition and providing resources for other coastal resilience efforts.
The Takeaway: A formerly contaminated area in Delaware has been turned into a park that restores and enhances existing wetlands, provides a recreation area for the community, and hosts a stormwater management facility that reduces flooding.
The Takeaway: All told, Virginia has invested over $2.8 million in about 100 ecotourism planning and infrastructure projects over the years, with an impressive economic return of almost 12 times that investment.
The Takeaway: Expertly guiding participants along the Tijuana River Reserve’s trails, Ron Peterson, a docent who is blind, showcases nature’s wonders beyond the realm of sight. Through his distinct perspective, he illustrates how engaging other senses deepens the connection with native plants.
The Takeaway: This is the first time Alaska’s coastal zone has been mapped in this way. The NOAA-provided land cover data promises to be a game changer for those who want to protect this coast.
The Takeaway: A $2.9 million project will replace three small tidal culverts with larger, upgraded structures to reduce flood risk and provide other benefits.
The Takeaway: Thousands took part in the “Migration & Me,” program spotlighting the journeys of butterflies, bees, and people, with support from the Illinois Coastal Management Program.
The Takeaway: This project brings the Michigan Coastal Program’s total water trail investments to $1.5 million, affecting 4,000-plus miles of scenic wonders.
The Takeaway: The Mission-Aransas Research Reserve joins forces with other scientists aiding loggerhead rescue, rehabilitation, and research into stranding causes.
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Coastal Zone Management, Digital Coast, Conservation, Data and Tools, Economics, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Research, Training and Education, Alabama, Florida, Texas
The Takeaway: This shoreline report, co-authored by a Digital Coast scientist, makes plain the critical importance of NOAA’s nature-based restoration projects in the Great Lakes region.
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Coastal Zone Management, Digital Coast, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Conservation, Data and Tools, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
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Coastal Zone Management, National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Data and Tools, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Training and Education, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi
The Takeaway: The Coastal Zone Management Act has guided this nation’s approach to how we protect coastal economies and natural resources. These programs have served us for fifty years and continue to do so.
The Takeaway: These colorful virtual tours, filled with facts, welcome everyone who has felt left out of coastal adventures and cast a bright light on a state coastal zone management program’s importance.
The Takeaway: The Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program and partners—buoyed by evidence that conservation funnels millions of extra dollars into the local economy—have signed a memorandum of understanding that promotes ecotourism’s economic benefits and helps preserve Indigenous and ecological assets.
The Takeaway: Paddling azure waterways. Casting a line for that delectable campsite dinner. Spying an elusive warbler in a birder’s paradise. These adventures and many more await.
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National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Training and Education, California, Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Wisconsin, Nationwide
The Takeaway: This popular tool pulls in a wide net of users, from vacation planners and storm-history buffs to technical experts modeling storm risks.
The Takeaway: Participants in this research reserve partnership project sized up the nature of the threat and produced resources designed to lessen risks for outdoor-recreation fans and the Rachel Carson portion of the North Carolina Research Reserve.
The Takeaway: The “Step into STEM” mentoring and workshop series, initiated and co-led by a Margaret A. Davidson Fellow, guided these students on crucial first steps toward science, technology, engineering, and math careers.
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Coastal Zone Management, Digital Coast, National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Data and Tools, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Partnership, Training and Education, Alaska, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin
The Takeaway: Already, 10 jurisdictions have incorporated tsunami considerations for safer land-use plans. Now, all of Oregon’s coastal communities have “disaster cache” guidance to increase local survival odds in the wake of tsunamis and earthquakes.
The Takeaway: The Delaware Coastal Management Program helped develop the plan, and public-private leaders have embraced it, proposing initiatives that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fast-track adaptation steps.
The Takeaway: These coastal volunteers walk the talk of science and stewardship by gathering data to help ecosystems remain vibrant and communities grow more resilient.
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Coastal Zone Management, Digital Coast, National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Data and Tools, Economics, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Research, California, Delaware, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas
The Takeaway: The findings could spark restoration efforts that are much more strategic and effective, thanks to project leaders and partners that include California’s Elkhorn Slough Research Reserve.
The Takeaway: Coastal wetlands research, restoration, tools, data, workshops, and partners—NOAA brings every blue carbon asset to the fight against climate-change-related hazards and harm.
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Digital Coast, National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Data and Tools, Economics, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Partnership Research, Training and Education, Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Texas, Washington
The Takeaway: NOAA’s Connecticut National Estuarine Research Reserve, the nation’s 30th, signals an exhilarating new era for the state’s coastal education, research, and ecotourism sectors.
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National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Economics, Natural Infrastructure, Partnership, Research, Training and Education, Connecticut
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California, Florida, New Hampshire, Texas, Washington, Coastal Zone Management, National Estuarine Research Reserves, Natural Infrastructure, Conservation, Partnerships, Data and Tools, Training and Education, Economics
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California, Alabama, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Conservation, Data and Tools, Training and Education, Economics, Natural Infrastructure, Partnerships
