Effective Monitoring to Evaluate Ecological Restoration in the Gulf of Mexico (2017) / Chapter Skim
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2 Gulf Restoration Programs
2 Gulf Restoration Programs
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monitoring for ecological restoration because the majority of the goals of Gulf restoration programs are primarily to undertake ecological restoration SETTING A VISION, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES and because the committee was asked by the sponsor to focus on monitoring for ecological Effective restoration programs benefit from a restoration. However, the monitoring and clear vision, well defined goals, and measurable assessment of ecosystem services and other objectives (NRC, 2005)
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funds implementation of projects developed according to approved individual State Expenditure Plan (SEP) under the Legal Frameworks for the Restoration Programs RESTORE Act.5 In addition, the Direct Component divides $1.9 billion equally among the states Deepwater Horizon NRDA Trustee Council 1 Under the Oil Pollution Act (1990)
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. Goals of the Restoratio Programs on NFWF Gu Environmen Benefit Fu ulf ental und T These three reestoration pro ograms have s similar NFWF was awarded $2.5 billion derived from F n m high- ation goals.6 A three programs -level restora All criminal penalties from BP and Transocean to m T o jects benefitin the natural resources of "fund proj ng f the Gulf Coast that we impacted by the spill" C ere " 6 The Deepwater Ho e orizon Trustee Council's and, spec cifically, to su upport project focused on ts n rammatic Dama Assessment and Restoratio Progr age on Plan and Programmatic Environmeental Impact
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The Gulf States differ substantially in their Notably, only the NRDA Trustee Council range of coastal ecosystem types, DWH-induced explicitly lists the provision for monitoring and damage to these ecosystems, state government adaptive management as one of its high-level goals and priorities for restoration, and goals (see below for additional details on experience with developing restoration monitoring plans)
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The Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council Restoration Funding Priorities has determined restoration priorities to include restoration and mitigation of damage to natural Based on the early restoration plans and resources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine and investments from each program, the committee wildlife habitats, beaches, and coastal wetlands.10 attempted to assess and compare the relative All proposed state-sponsored RESTORE funding allocated to different habitats and living restoration projects have a strong monitoring resources in the Gulf of Mexico. For example, the component, a monitoring plan is attached to the NRDA Trustee Council identifies in the projects, and monitoring is a line item in the Programmatic Damage Assessment and budget for at least 5 years.
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. Approximately one- • Restoration and protection of the natural fourth of the funding to date has supported resources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine and wildlife wetland restoration projects, with additional habitats, beaches, and coastal wetlands of the Gulf funding for coastal habitat improvements, Coast region watershed management projects, land • Mitigation of damage to fish, wildlife, and conservation, and oyster reef restoration.16 natural resources • Implementation of a federally approved marine, coastal, or comprehensive conservation Restoration Monitoring management plan, including fisheries monitoring • Workforce development and job creation NRDA Restoration Monitoring Guidelines • Improvements to or on State parks located in coastal areas affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill The Programmatic Damage Assessment and • Infrastructure projects benefitting the Restoration Plan (PDARP, DWH NRDA Trustees, economy or ecosystem resources, including port 2016)
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. Restoration NFWF Restoration Monitoring Guidelines frameworks provide information and lessons learned that will be used to develop guidelines for NFWF requires pre- and post-project standardized monitoring, including consistent monitoring to assess performance and parameters and methods to enable project achievement of specific goals proposed by aggregation by restoration type, as well as plans applicants, as well as to inform adaptive for adaptive management and resource-specific management for each project and as a strategies (DWH NRDA Trustees, 2016, Appendix contribution to regional efforts, if possible (J.
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Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration The NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program Science, Observation, Monitoring, and does not have a specified timeframe of operation. Technology Program (known as the NOAA The Program's mission is "to carry out research, RESTORE Act Science Program)
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coastal and deltaic Gulf restoration programs.26 A number of related sustainability, restoration, and protection, science programs are also playing important roles including solutions and technology that allow in support of informed restoration and monitoring citizens to live in a safe and sustainable manner efforts. These organizations intend to work in a in a coastal delta in the Gulf region; (2)
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As Gulf restoration programs need to develop clear discussed in Chapters 3 and 7 of this report, and measurable ecological and, where specific, measurable restoration objectives are appropriate, socioeconomic objectives at project needed, particularly for the RESTORE Council and program levels to guide monitoring plans and NFWF, to support performance assessment and against which to evaluate restoration and support adaptive management. For specific progress.
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