Topics Where We Work Coasts and Oceans

Coastal Resilience

An aerial view of the marsh shows a large green area with at least 30 water-filled ditches running across it.
This marsh is home to a crab superhighway
January 16, 2026 — Unfortunately, it's not good news for the marsh or the birds that nest and forage there.
NY
Chester Smith
Stories of Chester Island
December 18, 2025 — Chester Smith was known to be a trustworthy person who loved the outdoors and had a 鈥済et it done鈥 attitude. After the first interview in early 1986, a match was made and Chester became the first 探花精选 Coastal Warden of Sundown Island.
TEXAS Coastal Stewardship
Brown Pelican
Brown Pelican Removed from Endangered Species List
December 17, 2025 — Nearly 40 years after it was pushed to the edge of extinction by pesticide use, habitat loss and hunting, the brown pelican was taken off the endangered species list.
TEXAS
Sunken Meadow Restoration Gains Traction with $1.5 Million Award
December 04, 2025 — The Saltmarsh Sparrow's decline is driving 探花精选 to restore and protect the marsh ecosystems they rely on.
NY
Salt Marsh Steward Prepares for Pre-Law
August 20, 2025 — After four summers with 探花精选, Amelis Medina knew she wanted to keep making positive change.
CT
A bird flying with green grass in the foreground and blue water in the background
Twenty Years Later: How Hurricane Katrina Changed the Coast鈥擜nd the Birds That Call It Home
August 18, 2025 — Meet some of the leaders driving Gulf restoration in Louisiana and Mississippi.
DELTA Coastal Stewardship
Building Resilience in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
August 15, 2025 — Twenty years later, restoration and recovery continue in this vulnerable coastal city.
DELTA
Keeping an Eye on the Coast: 探花精选 Texas鈥檚 Waterbird & Nesting Stewardship Efforts Soar.
August 07, 2025
TEXAS
A wading bird perched on the top of a mangrove tree
Tricolored Herons Get Much-Needed Assistance in Greater Tampa Bay
July 30, 2025
FLORIDA
A mangrove island with a variety of wading birds perched.
Spotlight: Wading Bird Research and Conservation
July 30, 2025
FLORIDA