Endangered corals grow in Fla. 'nurseries'
After a chance discovery of staghorn coral found growing in an undersea farm for commercial aquarium rock, scientists have started raising these corals in offshore nurseries with the goal of transplanting them into the wild. A row of 10 coral nurseries now stretch from Fort Lauderdale to the U.S. Virgin Islands, growing new stands of staghorn and elkhorn coral. Repopulated, healthy wild reefs could create jobs in tourism, increase habitat for fisheries and provide hurricane protection, Tom Moore of the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration's Habitat Restoration Center in St. Petersburg, Fla., says.
http://www.themoneytimes.com/20100813/endangered-corals-grow-fla-039nurseries039-id-10124354.html

 

New York: Completed Wetland Restoration Improves Water Quality of Jamaica Bay Tributary The Hendrix Creek Wetland Restoration Project restored 30,000 square feet of salt marsh habitat and 23,000 square feet of a coastal grassland and shrubland habitat. The restoration removed highly invasive plants, including phragmites, Japanese knotweed and mugwort and debris from the shoreline. The improved habitat allows for greater plant diversity and the return of native plants that had been previously displaced by the invasive ones. Restoring additional tidal salt marsh and adjacent plant communities in a tributary of Jamaica Bay helps provide key ecological functions, including: additional nursery, forage and refuge habitat for the 91 species of fish in the bay; use by migratory and resident birds; and water filtering.
http://davidmquintana.blogspot.com/2010/08/nyc-dep-begins-dredging-at-hendrix.html