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Sinceits start in 1996, the Community-based Restoration Program has contributed technical assistance and nearly $217 million to more than 2,200 coastal habitat restoration projects. These projects have restored more than 93,000 acres of habitat and opened more than 4,300 stream miles for fish migration. The program is also working through the significant funding provided through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act to continue our work to support fisheries and communities through habitat restoration and coastal resilience efforts.

Projects range from improving access to habitat by removing dams and other barriers, to restoring coral and oyster reefs, to rebuilding coastal wetlands. We often help implement priority habitat restoration actions identified in recovery plans for threatened and endangered species. Information about many of the projects supported through the Community-based Restoration Program can be found in the NOAA Restoration Atlas.

In addition to benefiting fisheries, habitat restoration yields community and economic benefits such as increased coastal resiliency, commercial and recreational opportunities, decreased safety hazards, and reduced maintenance costs. On average, restoration projects create 15 jobs for every $1 million invested.

Iowans value clean water and desire safe, healthy lakes that offer many aesthetic, natural and recreational opportunities. Clean lakes improve the quality of life for Iowans and help bring economic growth to communities.

More than 200 watershed improvement practices, such as upland habitat and stream restoration, sediment ponds, terraces, and grade stabilization structures to reduce nutrient and sediment pollution to downstream lakes

45 infrastructure projects, such as dam/spillway repairs, lake outlet water control structures, and fish barriers to prevent migration of fish species that negatively impact water quality (common carp)

Lakes and shallow lakes are prioritized within the program based upon a number of socio-economic, water quality and watershed factors. Communities interested in pursuing a lake restoration project are encouraged to reach out to the DNR to determine if their lake is a good fit for the program.

Lake Restoration Program - Annual Report

Each year a report is compiled to document progress on current lake restoration projects and outline potential future restoration projects. Successful lake restoration projects improve lake water quality and recreational opportunities, update infrastructure for the next generation, contribute to community development efforts, and make Iowa a better place to live and work.

The Office of Response and Restoration was one of the agencies in the response to the 2010 collapse of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform which led to the tragic loss of 11 lives and the largest oil spill in U.S. waters. Even after the event was no longer in headlines, the Office and its partner agencies remained hard at work conducting studies and restoration projects. Visit our information guide to learn more.

Non-Iowa Convictions. Executive Order 7 applies to felony convictions in any jurisdiction, including felony convictions in federal court or the court of another state, to the extent that the conviction resulted in a loss of citizenship rights in Iowa.

Firearm Rights. Restoration of voting rights under Executive Order 7 does not include firearms restoration. Any individual seeking a pardon or to have firearm rights restored must submit a separate application to the Iowa Board of Parole.

Not all individuals that face criminal charges actually lose the right to vote. Individuals lose their rights when convicted of a felony criminal offense. Two common examples of whose who do not lose their rights are:

The Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) Program, authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, was the first environmental restoration and monitoring program undertaken on a large river system in the United States.

Since its creation, it has come to be recognized as the single most important effort committed to ensuring the viability and vitality of the Upper Mississippi River System's (UMRS) diverse and significant fish and wildlife resources since establishment of the National Wildlife Refuges on that system in the 1920s.

What makes the UMRR Program (formerly known as the Environmental Management Program or EMP) unique is its unparalleled partnership between a multitude of federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, and the public.

This systemic program provides a well-balanced combination of habitat restoration activities, along with monitoring and research. It has pioneered many new and innovative engineering and planning techniques for ecosystem restoration in large river systems. The science element of UMRR has developed state-of-the-art techniques to monitor and conduct research on the river. Scientific monitoring, engineering design, and environmental modeling techniques have been shared throughout the United States and in more than five countries.

To work within a partnership among federal and state agencies and other organizations; to construct high-performing habitat restoration, rehabilitation projects; to produce state-of-the-art knowledge through monitoring, research, and assessment; to engage other organizations to accomplish the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program's vision.

Please note: The Governor does not have the authority to restore firearms rights. If you have had your civil rights restored and are seeking restoration of your firearm rights, please contact your local circuit court.

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A record $1.71 billion annual spending plan for coastal restoration and hurricane protection was unanimously approved for fiscal year 2025 this week by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority board of directors.

Restoration is defined as the act or process of accurately depicting the form, features, and character of a property as it appeared at a particular period of time by means of the removal of features from other periods in its history and reconstruction of missing features from the restoration period. The limited and sensitive upgrading of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems and other code-required work to make properties functional is appropriate within a restoration project.

The Restoration Diagnostic is a structured method for determining the status of enabling conditions within a landscape being considered for restoration and for designing the requisite policies, practices, and measures needed for successful restoration. The Diagnostic was developed as part of the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM) by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM), produced by IUCN and the World Resources Institute (WRI), provides a flexible and affordable framework for countries to rapidly identify and analyse areas that are primed for forest landscape restoration (FLR) and to identify specific priority areas at a national or sub-national level.

The Assisted Natural Regeneration Alliance is building a technical assistance facility that collects requests from ANR practitioners and connects them with experienced peers, funders, policymakers, and researchers.

The Sport Fish Restoration program provides funds to fish and wildlife agencies of the states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories for fishery projects, boating access, and aquatic education. It was created in 1950, with the passing of the Sport Fish Restoration Act (a.k.a., the Dingell-Johnson Act). Modeled after the successful Wildlife Restoration Act, the Sport Fish Restoration Act dedicated permanent funding for fishery conservation.

Since the Act was passed, it has generated over $8 billion for the conservation and restoration of sport fish species and their habitats. These funds also support connecting people with nature through outdoor recreational opportunities and aquatic resources education programs.

Created by the Legislature in the mid-1980s after the discovery of Ethylene Di-Bromide (EDB), a carcinogenic agricultural pesticide, in private drinking water wells, the Water Supply Restoration Funding Program continues to be funded by the Water Quality Assurance Trust Fund and the Inland Protection Trust Fund for the restoration of safe drinking water to well owners impacted with potential health hazards due to man-made contamination.

To qualify, water sampling results must show that the man-made contaminant(s) in the drinking water supply exceeds a Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL), or Health Advisory Level (HAL) or be determined by the Florida Department of Health to be a health hazard. Section 376.30(3)(c)1., Florida Statutes, requires the program to select the most cost-effective alternative. Approved funding will pay the total cost for the selected alternative. Restoration and replacement work has been conducted in almost every county throughout the state.

We are rebuilding the former Lasker Rink and Pool to better integrate the facility into the landscape, offer new and enhanced outdoor activities, and increase access for communities around the north end of Central Park.

This project will modernize the mechanical, plumbing, and control systems of one of the most famous landmarks in the park to improve performance, efficiency, and ease of maintenance while maintaining relative simplicity of operation.

The Harlem Meer shoreline restoration project will build upon the Central Park Conservancy's work at and around the Harlem Meer, including our 1990 restoration of the Meer, the East 108th Street and East 110th Street Playground projects, and the ongoing Harlem Meer Center project.

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