State of Long Island Sound: Improving But Still a Ways to Go
Recently, Save the Sound, a program of Connecticut Fund for the Environment, released its 2011 State of the Sound report. The first of its kind, the report issues grades measuring the efforts made by...
View ArticleCoastal Restoration Corps: Investing in Our Coasts, Communities, and Economies
The United States has a long history of innovation and job training through national service programs. In response to the Great Depression, President Roosevelt created the 1930s Civilian Conservation...
View ArticlePresident's Letter: Poor Budget Decisions Threaten to Reverse Habitat...
The federal budget process is a complicated matter. Right now, Congress is making decisions (or at least trying to) about fiscal year 2013 while federal agencies are carrying out congressional...
View ArticleThe Atlantic Coast: A Natural History
Harry Thurston; Photography by Wayne Barrett (David Suzuki Foundation; Greystone Books, D&M Publishers; $39.95) The Atlantic Coast: A Natural History is a terrific...
View ArticleSalt Marsh Diary: A Year on the Connecticut Coast
Mark Seth Lender (St. Martin’s Press; $19.99) For years now, I’ve been a fan of Mark Seth Lender’s “Salt Marsh Diary” radio pieces on NPR’s “Living on Earth” program. Many have described them,...
View ArticleKim Coble, CBF VP, Joins RAE Board of Directors
Kim Coble is the Vice President for Environmental Protection and Restoration for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation where she is responsible for the policy, advocacy, and restoration programs of the...
View ArticleRAE Releases Landmark Report
“Restore-Adapt-Mitigate: Responding to Climate Change through Coastal Habitat Restoration” Links Restoration, Adaptation, and Mitigation as Strategies to Limit Climate Change Impacts A landmark...
View ArticleDiane Hoskins Joins RAE
Diane Hoskins joined Restore America's Estuaries as its new Director of Government Relations on April 2. Previously, Diane worked for The Nature Conservancy's Government Relations Department developing...
View ArticleCoastal Blue Carbon Workshop Helps Coastal Managers
Coastal blue carbon refers to the greenhouse gas benefits of tidal wetlands, including salt marsh, seagrass, and mangroves. These ecosystems are highly proficient at removing carbon dioxide from the...
View ArticleIntroducing EarthCorps As Our Newest Alliance Member
By Keeley O’Connell, Senior Project Manager, EarthCorps I first encountered EarthCorps in 2007 when I was a restoration ecologist at People For Puget Sound (PFPS). Since the late 1990s, EarthCorps had...
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