[SEMCO] Restore America's Estuaries Identifies 80 Federal Programs to Fund Habitat

[Nicole Maylett]

Restore America’s Estuaries announced today that 80 federal programs are
authorized to fund habitat restoration in FY2003. According to Restore
America’s Estuaries’ latest study, Funding for Habitat Restoration
Projects: A Citizen’s Guide, programs have varying funding levels that
could be used for restoration. Programs range from the Estuary Habitat
Restoration Act, which provides $1 million to restore degraded estuary
habitats, to the Surface Transportation Program, a $5.9 billion program
which may be used for habitat restoration in conjunction with
transportation enhancements projects within the National Highway System.

 

According to Mark Wolf-Armstrong, President of Restore America’s
Estuaries, “This research clearly shows the breadth and depth of
opportunity for funding habitat restoration. Unfortunately, the
potential is far greater than the reality. Many of these programs have
the authority to spend for restoration, but do not. As our coastal
natural resources continue to decline, we need to push for more
resources directly applied to restoration.”

 

The 80 programs fall under seven federal agencies: the Environmental
Protection Agency, and the Departments of Interior, Agriculture,
Commerce, Defense, Transportation, and Health and Human Services. The
funding guide provides a quick, comprehensive and accessible review of
the often hidden federal funds that may be used to implement
on-the-ground habitat restoration projects. Its design and layout
provides users with easy access to critical information about funding
sources, eligibility and contact. The guide is available online as a
printable PDF document and as an interactive database at
<http://www.estuaries.org/policyandfunding.php>
http://www.estuaries.org/policyandfunding.php. 

 

Funding for Habitat Restoration Projects was originally created in 1996
in an effort to bring organization and order to the information
available regarding federal programs that fund (or could fund)
restoration activities. Today, it reaches farther to play a key role in
Restore America’s Estuaries’ National Strategy to Restore Coastal and
Estuarine Habitat.  For more information, see: http://www.estuaries.org
<http://www.estuaries.org/> .

 

 

 

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Nicole M. Maylett
Conference Coordinator
Restore America's Estuaries
3801 North Fairfax Drive
Suite 53
Arlington, VA 22203
 
(703) 524-0248 (voice)
(703) 524-0287 (fax)
 <mailto:nmaylett at estuaries.org> nmaylett at estuaries.org
 <http://www.estuaries.org/> www.estuaries.org

***Save the date for the

        2nd National Conference on

        Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration
**  September 12-15, 2004 in Seattle, Washington
**  More details available soon at  <http://www.estuaries.org/>
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