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The Takeaway: Historical maps and elevation data reveal how 30 of the nation’s estuaries have changed over time–and where they could be in the future.
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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.
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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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The Takeaway: A partnership effort deployed local residents to address marine debris on Lake Erie.
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The Takeaway: A Bipartisan Infrastructure Award is supporting a watershed-scale restoration in the nation’s first National Estuarine Research Reserve.
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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Grants, Indigenous Populations, Updated Infrastructure Projects, Oregon
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The Takeaway: The internship provides opportunities for local students to grow into environmental careers on the islands.
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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.
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The Takeaway: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law 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.
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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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The Takeaway: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-funded eelgrass restoration in Virginia’s Burtons Bay has revitalized critical habitat and fortified coastal resilience.
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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.
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The Takeaway: A collaborative effort funded under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law 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.
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The Takeaway: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law 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.
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The Takeaway: A collaborative effort of northeastern states ensures that crucial priority areas of the ocean floor receive thorough mapping attention.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Coastal Zone Management, Economics, Virginia
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The Takeaway: This significant acquisition is providing critical ecological benefits and promoting community resilience efforts.
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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.
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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.
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The Takeaway: Full-color ecosystem portraits draw thousands of teachers, students, and outdoor explorers to a coastal stewardship message.
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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.
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The Takeaway: An outdoor haven for walkers, runners, and cyclists adorns the City of Chester, which is designated an “environmental justice community” by the state.
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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.
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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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The Takeaway: Dozens of communities in three states get the information they need to boost hazard resilience and drive down flood insurance costs.
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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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The Takeaway: Five communities gained the assessments they need to guide resilience action, thanks to NOAA funds and community partners.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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The Takeaway: A research team’s discoveries are helping agencies and committees guide oyster aquaculture expansion in the state.
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The Takeaway: NOAA’s economic-analysis resources and workshops uncover the power of working waterfronts.
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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.
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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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The Takeaway: NOAA initiatives and state partnership programs are making a difference throughout the nation’s coastal zone.
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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.
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Coastal Zone Management, Equity and Justice, Grants, Training and Education, Oregon
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.
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Coastal Zone Management, Conservation, Economics, Equity and Justice, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Research, Delaware
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: This inventory of the natural resources and uses of the Long Island Sound represents a guide for the future.
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Coastal Zone Management, Conservation, Data and Tools, Economics, Equity and Justice, Natural Infrastructure, Partnership, Research, Connecticut, New York
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.
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Conservation, Data and Tools, Natural Infrastructure, Research, Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington
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, Equity and Justice, Natural Infrastructure, Partnership, Research, Training and Education, Connecticut
The Takeaway: Some U.S. infrastructure funding that is headed NOAA’s way will maximize the benefits of nature to lessen climate change damage.
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California, Florida, New Hampshire, Texas, Washington, Coastal Zone Management, National Estuarine Research Reserves, Natural Infrastructure, Conservation, Equity and Justice, Partnerships, Data and Tools, Training and Education, Economics
The Takeaway: At a critical time for many species, NOAA collaborates with partners to protect coastal bird habitats and populations.
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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
The Takeaway: We take a look at the great things that can happen when NOAA and Indigenous communities work together on coastal issues.
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Coastal Zone Management, National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Equity and Justice, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Partnership, Research, Training and Education, California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Washington
The Takeaway: The agency and its partners help coastal communities lessen hazard dangers, curb carbon emissions, and protect the coast’s environmental and economic assets.
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Coastal Zone Management, National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Data and Tools, Economics, Equity and Justice, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Training and Education, Florida, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Washington
The Takeaway: A NOAA-supported analysis of California’s Morro Bay estuary found links between seagrass collapse and later erosion that will inform bay-area adaptation strategies and could influence global seagrass conservation strategies.
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Digital Coast, Conservation, Data and Tools, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Partnership, California
The Takeaway: NOAA safeguards coastal public access and inclusive adventures through the efforts of the National Coastal Zone Management Program and National Estuarine Research Reserve System.
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Coastal Zone Management, National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Equity and Justice, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Partnership, California, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nationwide
The Takeaway: Students of the coast love to learn when educators reach them where they are—whether that’s online, in the field, or through the wisdom of their own culture and stewardship traditions.
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Coastal Zone Management, National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Data and Tools, Equity and Justice, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Research, Training and Education, California, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia
The Takeaway: The four Florida and Oregon reserves studied feature innovative programs and a combined 423,475 acres of habitat, all of which keep nature-based businesses, researchers, and nonprofits humming along.
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Florida, Oregon, Conservation, National Estuarine Research Reserves, Training and Education, Data and Tools, Economics, Partnerships, Grants, Research
The Takeaway: Some U.S. coastal communities have plentiful data for creating robust resilience plans. Others are struggling to catch up. NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management is focused on providing equal access to the data, tools, and expertise they deserve.
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Coastal Zone Management, Digital Coast, National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Data and Tools, Equity and Justice, Grants, Partnership, Research, Training and Education, Alaska, Mississippi, New Hampshire, U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington
The Takeaway: The Philadelphia Eagles football team will expand mangrove and seagrass restoration efforts at Puerto Rico’s Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in order to offset travel-related emissions, in a partnership with the Ocean Conservancy and The Ocean Foundation.
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Puerto Rico, Conservation, Natural Infrastructure, National Estuarine Research Reserves, Training and Education, Digital Coast, Data and Tools, Economics, Partnerships
The Takeaway: Coastal managers can assist migratory bird survival by learning more about changing marshes, land cover, and sea level rise. Digital Coast data helps.
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Digital Coast, Conservation, Data and Tools, Partnership, Research, Texas
The Takeaway: Data on saltwater and freshwater wetland losses, from the Digital Coast, inform this scientific analysis and the stewardship actions that follow.
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Digital Coast, Conservation, Equity and Justice, Research, Training and Education, Texas
The Takeaway: “A to F” report cards enlighten residents on the “where” and “what” of water-quality problems, as well as actions to take that could help improve grades.
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National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Data and Tools, Equity and Justice, Natural Infrastructure, Research, Training and Education, Ohio
The Takeaway: Community pride and the centuries-old practices of Native Pacific Islanders inform several NOAA-supported projects to protect this region’s natural treasures.
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Coastal Zone Management, Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Equity and Justice, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Research, Training and Education, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Hawaii
The Takeaway: California’s Elkhorn Slough Research Reserve was awarded $1.3 million to safeguard habitat and bolster stewardship efforts in a partnership with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band.
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National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Equity and Justice, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Partnership, Training and Education, California
The Takeaway: More than 900 cold-stunned sea turtles were rescued and treated, thanks to quick mobilization by Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve staff members and volunteers.
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National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Partnership, Training and Education, Texas
The Takeaway: In Florida, past course participants are enhancing partnerships to safeguard mangroves and the community benefits that spring from these ecosystems.
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Digital Coast, National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Data and Tools, Natural Infrastructure, Research, Training and Education, Florida
The Takeaway: The cultivation of marine macroalgae, such as seaweed and kelp, could benefit both human energy needs and ocean ecology.
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Digital Coast, Data and Tools, Economics, Research, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
The Takeaway: NOAA’s Sea Level Rise Viewer and other resources deepened student insights on the environmental and societal implications of climate change, and on potential adaptation strategies.
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Digital Coast, Data and Tools, Research, Training and Education, Florida
The Takeaway: Study team recommends connecting ocean economy leaders and cultivating businesses and employees in “high return on investment” fields.
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Digital Coast, Data and Tools, Economics, Research, Florida
The Takeaway: Scientists used vessel-traffic data and maps when considering the best test reef spot for boosting the vulnerable Lake Sturgeon population in Michigan.
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Digital Coast, Data and Tools, Research, Michigan
The Takeaway: Habitat restoration, multiuse trails, an accessible kayak launch, a more effective port district—the Illinois Coastal Management Program helps bring a fresh new spirit to this area.
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Coastal Zone Management, Conservation, Equity and Justice, Grants, Training and Education, Illinois
The Takeaway: Funding and assistance by the Illinois Coastal Management Program strengthens operations and helps remedy infrastructure problems.
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Coastal Zone Management, Economics, Equity and Justice, Grants, Training and Education, Illinois
The Takeaway: Researchers conducted a survey of shipwrecks in the coastal waters of Lake Michigan to update records and understand how to continue conserving these underwater museums.
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Coastal Zone Management, Conservation, Research, Training and Education, Indiana
The Takeaway: Each year since 1990, volunteers from around the Delaware Bay estuary join forces to count and document these important, joint-legged arthropods.
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National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Research, Training and Education, Delaware, New Jersey
The Takeaway: Participants in the Bay Watershed Education and Training program learn that culturally-based practices benefit the Heʻeia community’s environment and quality of life.
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National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Equity and Justice, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Training and Education, Hawaii
The Takeaway: Much credit for the impressive haul goes to the commonwealth’s coastal zone management program and the volunteers, who followed strict health and safety protocols.
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Coastal Zone Management, Conservation, Research, Training and Education, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
The Takeaway: Community storm histories, an online tool, and flood-risk maps prompt a $1 million-plus resilience grant to aid 44 additional Alaska Native communities on the hazard frontlines.
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Digital Coast, Data and Tools, Equity and Justice, Grants, Partnership, Research, Training and Education, Alaska
The Takeaway: Groundbreaking experiment in coral “assisted evolution” is made possible by the long-term support of NOAA and Hawaii partners.
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Other, Conservation, Data and Tools, Grants, Research, Hawaii
The Takeaway: When flooding caused parking and runoff issues, the Florida Coastal Management Program stepped in to fund a parking lot redesign with irrigation, a rain garden, and porous pavement that allows rainwater to pass into the ground below.
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Coastal Zone Management, Conservation, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Training and Education, Florida
The Takeaway: New sea level rise projections and guidance are informing community policies, plans, development, and funding projects, with help from NOAA programs and grants.
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Coastal Zone Management, National Estuarine Research Reserves, Data and Tools, Grants, Training and Education, Washington
The Takeaway: In a year complicated by quarantine, the state’s research reserve personnel rack up awards and accomplishments.
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National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Partnership, Research, Training and Education, North Carolina
The Takeaway: A project to collect critical water-level information in remote communities is backed by NOAA’s geospatial services contract, technical assistance, and oceanographic data program.
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Digital Coast, Other, Data and Tools, Equity and Justice, Research, Alaska
The Takeaway: Research reserves are using these aids to understand and communicate how their projects promote cleaner water, improve resilience, expand habitat, and more.
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National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Grants, Research, Training and Education, Florida, Hawaii, North Carolina
The Takeaway: Park visitors and bayside neighbors will enjoy a safer, more accessible area because a group organized by NOAA’s Science Collaborative studied and rated various adaptation options.
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National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Data and Tools, Grants, Research, Training and Education, California
The Takeaway: Adventurers now exploring 1,000-plus miles of land and waterway trails owe much to the three agencies of California’s coastal zone management program.
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Coastal Zone Management, Conservation, Data and Tools, Equity and Justice, Grants, California
The Takeaway: Data, case studies, and a decision tree will improve regulations, the permitting process, and the ability of homeowners to select effective treatments for various shoreline conditions.
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Coastal Zone Management, National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Data and Tools, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Research, South Carolina
The Takeaway: In a global first, NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management ensures that the carbon stored in coastal ecosystems is being counted, aiding U.S. conservation efforts, greenhouse gas cuts, and “blue carbon” market trading.
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Digital Coast, Conservation, Economics, Data and Tools, Research, Nationwide
The Takeaway: Six-year study details urgently needed adaptation strategies, complete with potential benefits, costs, and challenges.
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Other, Conservation, Data and Tools, Grants, Research, Virginia
The Takeaway: Unspent travel funds from Texas’ coastal zone management program will aid with beach maintenance expenses so local governments are able to keep the public safe as beaches reopen.
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Coastal Zone Management, Conservation, Economics, Partnership, Texas
The Takeaway: The California Coastal Commission acted on the pleas of local residents in a win for both environmental justice and public health.
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The Takeaway: As offshore wind energy comes to the state, the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program helps a variety of sectors air concerns and document existing ocean uses.
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Coastal Zone Management, Conservation, Data and Tools, Partnership, Virginia
The Takeaway: A dual-defense strategy led to a 30- to-90-percent reduction in destructive wave energy.
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National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Partnership, Research, Training and Education, Florida
The Takeaway: “Credit for Going Green” provides a strategy for earning regulatory credits by installing natural buffers, plus a way to calculate buffer pollution-removal rates, with support from four national estuarine research reserves and NOAA’s Science Collaborative program.
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National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Research, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island
The Takeaway: Officials and residents in South Carolina’s Georgetown County practiced working through adaptation-related decisions and trade-offs with the help of a South Carolina research reserve and NOAA’s Science Collaborative program.
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The Takeaway: Collaboration between Oregon’s South Slough Research Reserve and local tribal groups ensures a maximum use of forest resources and plentiful opportunities for environmental education.
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National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Equity and Justice, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Training and Education, Oregon
The Takeaway: The Tijuana River Research Reserve provides technical assistance and training for the effort.
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National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Grants, Partnership, California
The Takeaway: This revitalized Lake Superior peninsula—a win for cultural, ecological, and recreational reasons—was made possible by $1.5 million in grants administered by Wisconsin’s coastal zone management program.
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Coastal Zone Management, Conservation, Equity and Justice, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Wisconsin
The Takeaway: Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary protects wetlands and the nation’s maritime history, aided by the state’s coastal zone management program.
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Coastal Zone Management, Conservation, Equity and Justice, Maryland
The Takeaway: The South Slough Research Reserve’s water trail system, tours, and outreach contribute to a growing South Coast market for canoeing, kayaking, and stand-up paddling adventures.
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The Takeaway: A road improvement partnership on Puerto Rico’s Culebra Island lessens sediment and pollutants that harm this irreplaceable resource.
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Coral Reef Conservation Program, Conservation, Economics, Grants, Natural Infrastructure, Partnership, Puerto Rico
The Takeaway: An innovative public-private partnership supports the work of the Rookery Bay Research Reserve while fostering estuary education and stewardship.
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National Estuarine Research Reserves, Conservation, Training and Education, Economics, Partnership, Florida
The Takeaway: Creating sign language for “estuary” and other coastal terms, and trails that accommodate wheelchairs and the needs of the visually impaired—these are just two of the contributions from research reserves and coastal zone management programs.
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Coastal Zone Management, National Estuarine Research Reserve, Equity and Justice, Grants, Partnership, Alabama, California, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Virginia
The Takeaway: Three New England research reserves, the Center for Research and Training at The Learning Center for the Deaf, and Boston University created an immersive instructional experience for educators of the Deaf. The benefits keep adding up.
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National Estuarine Research Reserves, Training and Education, Grants, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
The Takeaway: The project, supported by Texas’ coastal zone management program, provides recreational opportunities and slashes flood risks for thousands of area homes.
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