Outreach
DARRP Accomplishment Outreach
- Five Years of NOAA Pollution Assessment and Restoration Accomplishments
- NOAA Video Message: 2023 NOAA Restoration Settlements
- National Ocean Service Web Story 2023: Restoration for Fish, Wildlife, and Communitites Coming to Seven Polluted Waterways
- 2023 DARRP Highlights: Over $92 Million to Restore 7 Polluted Waterways and Communities
- National Ocean Service Web Story 2022: Over $114 Million Recovered from Polluters to Restore Waterways
- NOAA Ocean Podcast: Restoration: Replacing What Was Lost
- NOAA Video Message: Working Together to Restore Polluted Waterways
- National Ocean Service Web Story 2021: Over $130 Million to Restore 10 Polluted Waterways Across the Country
- ArcGIS Story Map: NOAA's Damage Assessment, Remediation, or Restoration Program, Learn About Our Work in Your State
Restoration Success Stories
- More Than 30 Acres of New Reef Habitat Built Off the Southern California Coast
- Three Partner-Driven Projects Restoring Polluted California Habitats
- Tidal Flow Restored to 353 Acres at Blue Heron Slough in Western Washington State
- To Restore Gulf Fish, Shrimpers Test Better Gear for Reducing Bycatch
- Rescued from Deepwater Horizon, a Resilient Native Returns to Queen Bess Island
- Habitat Restoration Supports Jobs, Stewardship
- Preserving 1,700 Acres of Habitat to Increase Cape Fear River Basin Resiliency
- Restoring the Gulf: 10 Years After Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
- Restoration for the Rising Tide
- Story Map: Refugio Beach Oil Spill: Mapping NOAA's Work from Response to Restoration
- Blowing up Bloede Dam: Patapsco River Resumes Natural Course for First Time in 112 Years
- Oyster Reefs Breathe New Life into Virginia’s Elizabeth River
- Video: A River Reborn: Restoring Salmon Habitat along the Duwamish River
- Video: Renewed Passage: Buzzards Bay to the Acushnet River
- 30 Years of West Coast Salmon Restoration: By the Numbers
- 14 Projects Approved to Restore Parts of the Kalamazoo River
- 30 Years of Restoring Waterways After Pollution
- Restoring Rivers to Reverse Impacts from Pollution
Videos
- Deepwater Horizon: The Science Behind NOAA's Unprecedented Response
- A River Reborn: Restoring Salmon Habitat along the Duwamish River
- Dolphins Deep Breathe on Camera for Oil Spill Science
- Renewed Passage: Buzzards Bay to the Acushnet River
- Saving a Bay
- Oil in the Ocean: DM932
- De-Oiling the Delta: Video of the DM932 Oil Spill Response
- Lessons from Valdez: 25 Years Later
- Assessing Dolphin Health in Barataria Bay
- Rebirth of a Reef: Palos Verdes Reef Restoration Project
ArcGIS Story Maps
- NOAA's Damage Assessment, Remediation, or Restoration Program, Learn About Our Work in Your State
- Commencement Bay, Reinvigorating a Critical Urban Estuary
- Refugio Beach Oil Spill: Mapping NOAA's Work from Response to Restoration
- The Oil Pollution Act of 1990: 30 Years of Spills
- The Spills Behind the Oil Pollution Act
- Oil Spill Assessment for Marine Mammals
- $29 Million From NOAA Pollution Settlements in 2019
- $34.3 Million for NOAA Restoration Efforts in 2018
- The Lower Duwamish River Restoring Habitat for Injured Resources in an Urban River
- The Lower Duwamish River Passageway for Fish and Industry in Urban Seattle
- Tools For Tracking Displaced Vessels: NOAA's ERMA
- Oil Spill Response and Assessment for Sea Turtles
Blogs and Communication Campaigns
- Communication Campaign: A Decade Later: Advances in Oil Spill Science Since Deepwater Horizon
- Communication Campaign: Coastal Resilience
- Communication Campaign: The Oil Pollution Act of 1990: 30 Years of Spill Response and Restoration
- Communication Campaign: Spotlight on Urban Pollution: How NOAA Works to Keep Urban Waterways Clean and Recover After Pollution
- A Dozen Ways NOAA Advanced Marine Pollution Science in 2021
- Research Advancing Pollution Response and Restoration in 2020
- How Thick is the Oil Slick?
- The Value of Urban Waterways
- Spotlight on the Northeast: The Hudson-Raritan Estuary, an Urban Ecosystem on the Rebound
- Spotlight on People and Pollution: Wild rice, pollution, and space for traditions to grow
- Assessing The Impacts of Pollution at the Hanford Nuclear Site
- PCBs: Why Are Banned Chemicals Still Hurting the Environment Today?
- After an Oil Spill, Why Does NOAA Count Recreational Fishing Trips People Never Take?
- 5 Key Questions NOAA Scientists Ask During Oil Spills
- After Pollution Strikes, Restoring the Lost Cultural Bond Between Tribes and the Environment
- From Board Games to Cookbooks, How the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Infiltrated Pop Culture
- The Anacostia River: Challenges and Opportunities for Outdoor Recreation in the Heart of Washington, DC
- Advances in Assessing Sea Turtles and Marine Mammals During Oil Spills
- Resilience Starts with Being Ready: Better Preparing Our Coasts to Cope with Environmental Disasters
- When You Can’t Look, Listen: How Passive Acoustic Monitoring Can Locate Whales After Oil Spills
- Threats to Sea Turtles from Oil Spills: Lessons Learned During a Disaster
- National Aquarium Dolphins Take a Deep Breath on Camera for Oil Spill Science
Environmental Education Resources
- NOAA Oil Spills Education Page
- Backyard Pollution Prevention: 5 Ways to Help Keep Waterways Healthy
- Mitigation Banks, Conservation Banks, and In-Lieu Fee Programs in the West Coast Region
- Oily Killer of the Deep: the Mystery Oil Spill of San Mateo
- Rivers of the 'Dammed,' Rising from the Grave
- 12 Days of NOAA Trust Resources
- A Spooky Science Story: Deep-Sea Corals Entombed by an Oily Snow