NOAA to Announce Nationwide Coastal Restoration Projects
Program Funded Through Obama Administration’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco will host a news conference at the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach, Calif., to announce the selection of community based coastal restoration projects across the nation. Totaling $167 million, these shovel ready projects were selected from a nationwide call for the restoration of damaged wetlands, shellfish beds, coral reefs and reopening of fish passages that boost the health and resiliency of our nation’s coastal and Great Lakes communities while creating jobs in the local economy.
WHAT:
News conference announcing coastal restoration projects
WHEN:
Tue., June 30, 11:00 a.m. PDT
WHERE:
Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center
21900 Pacific Coast Highway
Huntington Beach, Calif.
Please use the Newland Street entrance for parking
WHO:
Jane Lubchenco, NOAA administrator
Mike Chrisman, secretary, California Natural Resources
Gordon Smith, chairman, Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy
NOAA understands and predicts changes in the Earth's environment, from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun, and conserves and manages our coastal and marine resources.