NEWS FLASH

Finesville Dam Awards Ceremony Set for Late Spring.
The Musconetcong River Restoration Partnership (MRRP) is a multi disciplinary team working to improve and restore the Musconetcong River in northwestern New Jersey. The MRRP includes private conservation groups, Federal agencies, State agencies, private landowners and others.

 

 

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Coastal America Program’s Partnership Award ceremony on May 29, 2013 in San Diego Bay  

The Coastal America Partnership Award is the highest level award for environmental partnership efforts nationwide. This year’s national award recognizes the extraordinary collaborative effort in restoring south San Diego Bay by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Environmental Protection Agency, California Coastal Conservancy, Port of San Diego, Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association, San Diego Audubon Society, Ocean Discovery Institute, Coronado Cays Homeowners Association, and San Diego Oceans Foundation.

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Habitat Restoration Yields Long-term Benefits to Fisheries

 

Robust fisheries have a positive impact on conservation and the economy

(Washington, D.C.) — Restoring and expanding coastal and estuarine habitat leads to increases in fish populations, which have a positive impact on the communities and the industries that depend on thriving and sustainable fisheries.

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Updated Guide to Ocean Literacy Now Available

The Ocean Literacy Campaign ad-hoc committee is pleased to announce the publication of a new version of “Ocean Literacy: The Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts of Ocean Sciences for Learners of All Ages.”  This guide replaces the version first published in July 2005 as “Ocean Literacy: The Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts of Ocean Sciences K-12.”

 

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Protecting Habitat for Salmon Lands National Recognition -Coastal America to recognize private-public partnership achieving voluntary salmon
habitat conservation in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley  

Coastal America Partnership Award Winners Announced