Estuaries Week offers opportunity for thousands to make a difference By Arielle Ostry When I was a senior in high school, my dance company was required to complete a community service project. We were all strapped for time, stressed about classes, extracurriculars, and the upcoming venture to university. Like most 18-year-olds would, we collectively opted to procrastinate. When the deadline to pick a project rolled around, the only option left was…
More than 200 letters of intent submitted for 2021 grant cycle By Suzanne Simon The National Estuary Program Coastal Watersheds Grant Program is off to a fantastic start! Our first Request for Proposal (RFP) release resulted in more than 200 Letters of Intent being submitted. Applicants were alerted earlier this…
First Blue Carbon Conservation Methodology Expected to Scale Up Finance for Coastal Restoration & Conservation Activities This story originally appears on Verra’s website. Please visit: https://verra.org/first-blue-carbon-conservation-methodology-expected-to-scale-up-finance-for-coastal-restoration-conservation-activities for more details Verra just released the first blue carbon conservation methodology approved under any major GHG program. The methodology, which is a revision to…
2020 Summit Attracts Diverse Group of Sponsors, Attendees By Lance Speidell More than 1,100 people have registered for the National Coastal & Estuarine Summit ahead of the early bird deadline on August 31st. This record-breaking attendance, alongside our more than 400 presentations and panels, has proven that despite the Covid-19 pandemic, coastal and estuarine restoration and management is still…
2020 Summit May be Largest Collection of Coastal and Estuarine Content Ever Assembled By Daniel Hayden Every two years the National Coastal and Estuarine Summit occurs, and it is a chance to learn new skills, exchange ideas and meet with experts in the field of Coastal and Estuarine restoration to help us make our projects…
Register by August 31st and save $75 By Daniel Hayden Every two years the National Coastal and Estuarine Summit occurs and it is a chance to learn new skills, exchange ideas and meet with experts in the field to help us make our projects and communities better. 2020 will…
By Tom Ardito, Director, SNEP Watershed Grants Southeast New England’s coastal environment has never been more important. In a time of quarantine and social distancing, careful outdoor recreation is one of the few safe sources of enjoyment and exercise for families and individuals of all ages, while the business activity…
Written by Daniel Hayden, Restore America’s Estuaries’ President and CEO As I sit in my “new office” tucked into the end our bedroom, I am witness to a changing traffic pattern. The flow of cars down our suburban street have diminished, but there is a constant flow of families, joggers,…
These are trying times. Each of us is facing intense challenges specific to our circumstances- mine being those of a housebound working mom of young children. After seemingly endless months of quarantine, we hit a sort of breaking point. School work was done, the weather was getting hot, but the…
Elsa Schwartz began her time with Restore America’s Estuaries as an intern at the 3rd National Summit. Today she continues her work protecting the vital lands she now calls home.
