Contaminants biologists in Region 3 restore habitats and resources injured by releases of hazardous substances using a process called Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). The goals of NRDA are to restore the habitats and resources to the condition they would have been had the hazardous substances not been released, and to compensate the public for the loss of their use or enjoyment of natural resources.
Workers install a fish cover structure made out of oak planks under the rehabilitated streambank of the Yellow River in northeastern Iowa. The shoreline was planted in native prairie species. Photograph by Allamakee County, Iowa Soil and Water District.
Missouri River Floodplain, Iowa
A hazardous waste site located near Sergeant Bluff,, Woodbury County, Iowa, released heavy metals into floodplain wetlands of the Missouri River. This Restoration Plan evaluates various alternatives to help restore natural resources that were injured from those releases.
Missouri River Floodplain Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment
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Calamus Creek, Iowa
A hazardous waste site located in Lehigh, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa released cement kiln dust with heavy metals into Calamus Creek which flows into the Winnebago River. This Restoration Plan evaluates various alternatives to help restore natural resources that were injured from those releases.
Calamus Creek Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment
Yellow River, Iowa
A treatment plant in the Postville, Iowa discharged partially treated sewage and meat packing plant wastes into Hecker Creek which flows into the Yellow River. There was a massive fish kill in the Yellow River. This Restoration Plan evaluates various alternatives to help restore natural resources that were injured from those releases.
Yellow River Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment
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Mississippi River Pool 15, Iowa
A Superfund Site located along the Mississippi River shoreline in Riverdale, Scott County, Iowa, released hazardous substances (a variety of inorganic and organic compounds) into the Upper Mississippi River. This Restoration Plan evaluates various alternatives to help restore natural resources that were injured from those releases.
Upper Mississippi River Pool 15 Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment
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Pipe Line Oil Release near Mt. Erie, Illinois
Crude oil spilled from a pipeline rupture south of the towns of Mt. Erie and north of Golden Gate, Wayne County, Illinois. The spill occurred on August 10, 2008. This report documents the extent of damages to natural resources and plans to restore those resources.
Mt. Erie, IL Pipeline Oil Spill Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment
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Vermilion River System, Champaign and Vermilion Counties, Illinois
Conditions at a hazardous waste site in Hegeler, Illinois caused the release of heavey metals and pesticides into Grape Creek that flows into the Vermilion River. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service received funding related to banksruptcy settlement. This funding is being used to restore natural resources in the Vermilion River System. The Restoration Plan evaluates various alternatives to help restore natural resources that were injured as a result of the releases.
Vermilion River System Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment
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Mike Coffey
Environmental Contaminants Program Team Leader
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1511 47th Avenue
Moline, IL 61265
Email: Michael_Coffey@fws.gov
Phone: 309-757-5800 Extension 206
