Our marshes, reefs, mangroves, and seagrass meadows are important to the health of the systems and populations that live behind them: many species use these systems as nurseries; bivalves clean and filter the water; grasses trap sediment; and marshes buffer the mainland from coastal storms. But the increasing pressure on all our coastal ecosystems has caused breakdowns of many of these processes.
 

Turning Partnerships Into Lasting Results

Since 2001, The Nature Conservancy and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have partnered to restore the health of degraded habitats in ways that benefit marine life, local communities and coastal economies.

Through this partnership, the Conservancy has supported 58 restoration projects in 17 coastal states that have helped protect coastal and marine habitat, restore species important to healthy ecosystem function, remove invasive species, create shellfish spawning sanctuaries and re-establish water flows to estuaries.

Find out more about community partnerships for restoration and conservation.

Where We Work Through Partnerships

• Staghorn Coral Restoration, Florida
• Reef Restoration, Hawaii
• Netarts Bay Oyster Restoration, Oregon
• Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
• Woodard Bay, Washington
• Indian River Lagoon, Florida
• Great South Bay, New York 
• Colter Creek, Alaska
  
   

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): © Nathalie Fobes (Invasive Spartina removal at Port Susan Bay, WA).