RESTORE Council Announcements
Reflections: Three Mile Creek Watershed Restoration Project
Reflections on Restoration Progress RESTORE Council- 2025 Three Mile Creek Watershed Restoration Project Water quality supports recreational and commercial fisheries and tourism; without it, coastal ecosystems are degraded, along with...
Reflections: USDA Gulf Coast Conservation Reserve Program
Reflections on Restoration Progress RESTORE Council- 2025 USDA Gulf Coast Conservation Reserve Program The RESTORE Council funds work with private landowners to support voluntary land management practices that reduce pollution...
Reflections: Mississippi Water Quality Improvement Programs
Reflections on Restoration Progress RESTORE Council- 2025 Mississippi Water Quality Improvement Programs Clean water is essential for healthy and prosperous Gulf communities. The RESTORE Council is making significant investments aimed...
Reflections: Protecting Communities from Coastal Flooding
Reflections on Restoration Progress RESTORE Council- 2025 Protecting Communities from Coastal Flooding The Paradis Canal Floodgate helps protect residents, businesses, and industries of St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, from flooding caused...
Reflections: Mississippi River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp
Reflections on Restoration Progress RESTORE Council- 2025 Mississippi River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp Project The RESTORE Council supports innovative approaches to promoting ecosystem restoration and community resilience. For example, the...
Reflections on Restoration Progress RESTORE Council - 2025
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE Council) is commemorating 15-years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill with a month-long reflection on its progress to date implementing meaningful ecosystem and...
Studies Completed on Sediment and Water Quality in Cotton Bayou & Terry Cove in Orange Beach, Alabama
Map of the study area in Cotton Bayou and Terry Cove near the Perdido Bay inlet of Alabama Point. A project funded by the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council...
Mississippi State Expenditure Plan 2023 Amendment - Approved by RESTORE Council Chair
On May 31, 2024, the Council Chair, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, approved the Mississippi State Expenditure Plan (SEP) 2023 Amendment. Under the Spill Impact Component of the RESTORE Act,...
Council Executive Director Recommends of Mississippi State Expenditure Plan 2023 Amendment
On May 23, 2024 the Council’s Executive Director provided a recommendation memo to the Council Chair, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to approve the Mississippi State Expenditure Plan 2023...
NOAA RESTORE Science Program Funding Opportunity
This week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) RESTORE Science Program announced its latest notice of funding opportunity (NOFO-2025), which will provide researchers, resource managers, and other interested parties...