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.
Restore America’s Estuaries and NOAA Launch Coastal Restoration Toolkit Washington, D.C. — Today, Restore America’s Estuaries and NOAA launched Coastal Restoration Toolkit ( restoreyourcoast.org ), a new website that provides resources and project examples for both citizen-driven and organizational coastal restoration projects. Since nearly 50% of the U.S. population live…
RAE works to protect estuaries at a variety of levels, from advocating on Capitol Hill around issues that impact coastal areas nationwide to supporting on-the-ground restoration projects in local communities. One example of our local-level impact is the success of the Tampa Bay Environmental Restoration Fund (TBERF), which RAE co-manages…
Guest blog by Claire Quinn. Oyster reefs are a critical ecosystem that have been negatively impacted by overharvesting, disease, and other factors. In order to restore oyster reefs, many conservation organizations put used oyster shells back into the water so oyster larvae, known as spat, have a hard substrate on…
Guest blog by Mark Davis, former Executive Director for the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and one of the founding board members of Restore America’s Estuaries. A huge amount of American history revolves around estuaries. Almost all of our country’s first cities were built around estuaries. We called them bays,…
Guest Blog by: Tom O’Shea, Director of Coast & Natural Resources, Trustees of Reservations When you think of coast, what comes to mind? Our shorelines and coastal landscapes are many things, to many people. They are places of relaxation, destinations for recreation, and complex ecosystems supporting livelihoods and local economies.…
Tampa Bay Watch, a member of the RAE Alliance, has been monitoring the water quality of the Bay for years by tracking the bay scallop population. Each year, their Great Bay Scallop Search recruits volunteers to snorkel in search of the scallops.
Galveston Bay Foundation, a member of the RAE Alliance, has been increasing their focus on marine debris issues in recent years. With help from RAE and the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund, they have been participating in large-scale clean-up efforts at sites along Galveston Bay.
RAE works with partners across the country to accomplish meaningful and impactful restoration projects. Learn about some of our efforts from the past year.
