Year: 2023

Successful natural resource damage (NRD) claims can be key to the success of important habitat conservation, creation, and restoration efforts. However, NRD claims often languish in the assessment process, sometimes for more than a decade, while restoration opportunities are lost. US regulations allow for the opportunity to expedite NRD settlements, but it is rarely taken…

At the end of March 2023, Annie Gibbs and Mike Johns provided a poster presentation at Battelle 2023: Innovations in Climate Resilience. Their research—Process for Developing a Targeted and Climate Resilient Natural Resource Damage Restoration Project—presented a case study for the Nelson’s sparrow population that resides in the high marsh habitat of Maine. This species…