HOME This Site NOAA • Estuary Restoration Act • NOAA's Role in the ERA • National Estuaries Restoration Inventory • Monitoring Protocols • ERA Council • Estuary Habitat Restoration Strategy • Estuary Habitat Restoration Program: Project Funding • Official ERA Web Site • Restore America's Estuaries National Strategy Document • Principles of Estuary Habitat Restoration				ERA Information: The Estuary Habitat Restoration Council Photo Credit: NOAA's Fisheries Restoration Center The Estuary Restoration Act established an interagency Council to implement the Act, consisting of representatives from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service , U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Army.  The Estuary Habitat Restoration Council meets at least biannually to direct policy relating to the directives of the Act, including direction of the Act's financial and technical assistance program for restoration projects. Members of the Estuary Habitat Restoration Council: Merlyn Carlson Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment (Natural Resources Conservation Service), U.S. Department of Agriculture George S. Dunlop Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), U.S. Army Benjamin H. Grumbles Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency H. Dale Hall Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior Timothy R. E. Keeney Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce Gary W. Mast Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Department of Agriculture   (top)
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