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Site of the newly established Gitzlaff Park in Kenosha County, Wisconsin one month post grading

Habitat Restoration

Field of Dreams - Converting a Fallow Field in Southeast Wisconsin into a Community Park

Fire burning the understory of a northern Michigan forest

History and Culture

Setting the Straits on Fire

Habitat Restoration

Enhancing a Public Beach and Coastal Wetland for People and Wildlife

Aerial view of a saltmarsh with meandering channel

Gulf of Maine Coastal Program 2025 Highlights

Invasive brush encroaching on native grasslands at Palo Alto Battlefield National Park in south Texas

Habitat Restoration

Restoring Coastal Prairie Habitat in South Texas

Small brown bird perched in tall marsh grass singing

Habitat Restoration

Planning Crab Meadow Marsh Restoration on Long Island Sound

Cleared upland habitat for the seaside hoary elfin butterfly with recently planted kinnikinnick seedlings that serve as the butterfly's host plant

Habitat Restoration

Restoring Elfin Butterfly Habitat is the Gift that Keeps Giving

Pictured in the wild, the endangered Saint Croix ground lizard is a small lizard endemic to the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Habitat Restoration

Expanding Potential Habitat for an Endangered Lizard in USVI

Female monarch butterfly with radio telemetry transmitter attached its to back in the central California coast

Science and Technology

Monarch Tracking Gets a High-tech Upgrade in Coastal California

Aerial view of Waugoshance Point in Wilderness State Park on Lake Michigan at sunset in winter.

Habitat Restoration

Keeping Invasive Vegetation in Check at Michigan's Wilderness State Park

Coastal Program Biologist photographing birds from a new breakwater at Dressing Point Island in East Matagorda Bay on the Texas coast

Habitat Restoration

Long-time Texas Coastal Program Biologist Retires

Coastal Program biologist operating a marsh master in the Little Creek Wildlife Area near Port Mahon Delaware

Habitat Restoration

Delaware: Phragmites Control is a Precursor to a Salt Marsh Enhancement

Site of the newly established Gitzlaff Park in Kenosha County, Wisconsin one month post grading

Habitat Restoration

Field of Dreams - Converting a Fallow Field in Southeast Wisconsin into a Community Park

Fire burning the understory of a northern Michigan forest

History and Culture

Setting the Straits on Fire

Habitat Restoration

Enhancing a Public Beach and Coastal Wetland for People and Wildlife

Aerial view of a saltmarsh with meandering channel

Gulf of Maine Coastal Program 2025 Highlights

Invasive brush encroaching on native grasslands at Palo Alto Battlefield National Park in south Texas

Habitat Restoration

Restoring Coastal Prairie Habitat in South Texas

Small brown bird perched in tall marsh grass singing

Habitat Restoration

Planning Crab Meadow Marsh Restoration on Long Island Sound

Pictured in the wild, the endangered Saint Croix ground lizard is a small lizard endemic to the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Habitat Restoration

Expanding Potential Habitat for an Endangered Lizard in USVI

Cleared upland habitat for the seaside hoary elfin butterfly with recently planted kinnikinnick seedlings that serve as the butterfly's host plant

Habitat Restoration

Restoring Elfin Butterfly Habitat is the Gift that Keeps Giving

Female monarch butterfly with radio telemetry transmitter attached its to back in the central California coast

Science and Technology

Monarch Tracking Gets a High-tech Upgrade in Coastal California

Aerial view of Waugoshance Point in Wilderness State Park on Lake Michigan at sunset in winter.

Habitat Restoration

Keeping Invasive Vegetation in Check at Michigan's Wilderness State Park

Coastal Program Biologist photographing birds from a new breakwater at Dressing Point Island in East Matagorda Bay on the Texas coast

Habitat Restoration

Long-time Texas Coastal Program Biologist Retires

Coastal Program biologist operating a marsh master in the Little Creek Wildlife Area near Port Mahon Delaware

Habitat Restoration

Delaware: Phragmites Control is a Precursor to a Salt Marsh Enhancement