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				Supporting Materials: Principles of Estuarine Habitat Restoration Credit: Restore America's Estuaries The Principles of Estuarine Habitat Restoration is the centerpiece of collaboration between Restore America's Estuaries and the Estuarine Research Federation (download document as pdf - 28 pages, 216K). This document is a set of working principles developed to help guide restoration activities and emphasizes: the importance of a long-term stewardship approach to restoration ,and incorporation of ecological sensitivity into all restoration planning and practice; the need to establish clear, realistic goals for restoration activities at both the estuary and project levels; the need to find ways to demonstrate to the public that progress is being made, even though full restoration of function may take 10-20 years or more, and the critical nature of building a strong public constituency to support habitat restoration. (top)
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