GLIN==> REMINDER - Comments on new draft Estuary Habitat Restoration Strategy due January 14th

*Comments on the New Estuary Habitat Restoration Strategy due January 14th*

In December 2002, the Estuary Habitat Restoration Council published the 
Final Estuary Habitat Restoration Strategyassociated with the Estuary 
Restoration Act of 2000. The Council is now updating the strategy: after 
reviewing public comments on the draft Revised Estuary Habitat 
Restoration Strategy, the Council will *publish the revised version in 
early 2011.*

The 2002 Strategy encouraged the Council to develop a comprehensive 
approach to *maximize coordination of ongoing estuary habitat 
restoration activities throughout the country*. The draft revised 
strategy focuses the Council's limited funding and resources on 
attainable and realistic goals and identifies gaps that are not 
currently being filled by other federal programs. In addition, the 
revised strategy identifies completed actions from the 2002 Strategy and 
discusses how the Council will build on these accomplishments in the future.

The Council consulted with the five federal agencies involved with the 
Act, as well as external stakeholders, to obtain their advice on the 
draft revisions. Two issues - *climate change adaptation and 
socio-economic benefits of restoration - *were repeatedly raised. The 
Council addresses both of these issues in the draft revised Strategy.

Comments and information must be received by *January 14, 2011*. Please 
visit http://www.era.noaa.gov/information/strategy.html for a copy of 
the Strategy.

Electronic comments may be submitted to estuaryrestorationact at noaa.govor 
online at http://www.era.noaa.gov.

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Jennifer M. Wallace
NOAA Fisheries Service
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Phone: (301) 713-0174 x183
Email: Jenni.Wallace at noaa.gov


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