Restoring Nature


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Restoring Nature examines how the National Park Service has sought to reestablish native species and eradicate the exotic flora and fauna from Channel Islands National Park, and explores why the damage happened in the first place.













Healing Our Coasts, Protecting Our Future


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Staff Recommendation


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Staff recommendation: Authorization to disburse up to $1,850,000 to Ducks Unlimited, Inc. for the restoration of wetlands at Middle Bair Island by taking the following actions: 1) Modification of the June 4, 2009 authorization regarding the disbursement of funds from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the implementation, adaptive management, and project support activities of Phase I of the South San Francisco Bay Salt Pond (SBSP) Restoration Project to allow up to $600,000 of those funds not needed to complete SBSP projects, studies, or activities to be directed to wetland restoration at Bair Island; and 2) Authorization to accept and disburse up to $1,250,000 from the Department of Water Resources' Integrated Regional Water Management Program, if approved, for wetland restoration at Middle Bair Island.







Wetland Creation and Restoration


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This is a preliminary evaluation of the status of the science of wetland creation and restoration in the United States. It contains a series of regional reviews. Each review summarizes wetland creation and restoration experiences in broadly defined wetland regions (e.g. Pacific coastal wetlands, wooded wetlands of the Southeast). It also includes a series of theme papers, covering a wide range of topics of general application to wetland creation and restoration (hydrology, management techniques, planning).