Restoration Program - Narragansett Laboratory
Ongoing activities of the NMFS Restoration Center based in the Narragansett
Laboratory include the finalization of the Restoration Plan and Environmental
Assessment for the January 19, 1996
North
Cape Oil Spill, monitoring of restoration projects, and GIS based support
for restoration projects such as New
Bedford Harbor Restoration sites
The Restoration
Plan and Environmental Assessment for the January 19, 1996 North Cape
Oil Spill assesses
the environmental impact caused by the North Cape oil spill and
outlines several restoration projects designed to compensate for injuries
to natural resources and natural resource services.
North Cape Oil Spill Sampling at Sachuest
Monitoring of restoration projects funded by the World
Prodigy Oil Spill include vegetation and ground water surveys of Sachuest
Salt Marsh in Middletown RI.
Additionally, research is currently underway to compare
the diet of mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus) from restored and
natural portions of Sachuest Salt Marsh.The
flora and fauna of Eelgrass
beds planted in Narragansett Bay were recently surveyed by Narragansett
and Beaufort personnel.
Restoration Center personnel in the Narragansett Laboratory
have also participated in fish surveys at Argilla Road Salt Marsh in Ipswich
MA.This is a community
based restoration project that restored the normal tidal flushing regime
to a marsh previously restricted by an undersized culvert.
In addition to the Restoration Center Homepage, please see the Regional Office
Habitat Conservation Division page.
Regional
Office Habitat Conservation Division
For further information, contact James G. Turek: James.G.Turek@Noaa.Gov
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