Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration

Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration is sponsored by Department of the Interior. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Damage response, Habitat restoration, Population enhancement Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fish, wildlife, and other natural resources can be injured when oil or hazardous substances spill or are released into the environment.

During the oil and hazardous substance release response, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) environmental response and restoration specialists collect data to help assess the effects of the spill or release and the response actions on wildlife and other natural resources.

The information can be used to pursue a national resource damage assessment claim against the potentially responsible parties through the authorities listed in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ; Oil Pollution Act ; or Clean Water Act . The Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Response (NRDAR) process starts at the time the Service is notified of a release.

Response actions by the Service are conducted with natural resources in mind, making observations and noting the extent of possible injuries and any actions to clean-up the site are completed such that additional injuries are not encountered. Learn more about our work to minimize impacts to natural resources from oil spills and hazardous substance releases .

The Service, along with other federal, state, and tribal partners, acts as trustees for natural resources in these natural resource damage assessment claims. The Service has responsibility for managing national wildlife refuges, endangered and threatened species, migratory birds, and other related natural resources.

Through data collected scientific assessment techniques and extrapolated through economic analyses, trustees seek to identify the natural resources injured from oil or hazardous substances, determine the extent of the injuries, recover damages from those responsible, and plan and carry out restoration activities. Samples to assess injuries are analyzed through certified labs managed through the Analytical Control Facility.

The primary benefit of the NRDAR Program is to achieve restoration of injured resources for the benefit of the American people, and at no cost. This program seeks compensation from responsible parties to restore natural resources for all and allows all Americans to enjoy clean and safe public rivers and lands. Visit the Interior Department's NRDAR website to learn more about the NRDAR process and track cases nationwide.

One small step: More than 1,000 acres returned to the Onondaga Nation Though Indigenous people cared for the land under our feet in the U.S. for thousands of years, these original caretakers suffered the seizure of their ancestral territory. To address these acts, the Service and New York State are returning more than 1,000 acres of ancestral homeland to the...

Grants Process Begins for Return of Natural Resources at Oak Ridge Reservation Officials overseeing $42 million for restoration of natural resources at the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) today announced the opening of Requests for Proposals for grants from the fund and released a manual for how to obtain them.

Trustee Agencies Seek Input on Draft Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan for the 1999 Mystery Oil Spill The Service and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife have released a draft plan to restore natural resources impacted by an oil spill that occurred off the coasts of Oregon and Washington in 1999.

Trustees Release Onondaga Lake Natural Resource Damage Assessment Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment Addendum The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), as Natural Resource Trustees for the settlement with Honeywell International, Inc., today released the final addendum to the Onondaga Lake Natural Resource Damage Assessment Restoration...

Trustees Sign Agreement to Cooperate on Natural Resource Damage Assessment Activities at Former Gas Plant Near Bremerton, Washington Federal, state and Tribal natural resource trustees have signed an agreement to jointly conduct Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) activities for the Bremerton Gas Works Superfund Site.

Environmental Agencies To Fund Wetland, Floodplain, and Groundwater Restoration in Tewksbury The Natural Resource Damages Trustee Council for the Sutton Brook Disposal Area Superfund Site will fund two projects located at Poplar Street and Mollie Drive in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, that will restore wetland, floodplain, and groundwater resources using $1. 65 million in Natural Resource...

Service Partners Celebrate the Restoration of Key Fish Habitat Near Everett, WA A Natural Resource Damage Assessment settlement has lead to restoration of 350 acres at Blue Heron Slough Federal Natural Resource Trustees Propose Construction of Riverside Park in East Newark Plans to turn a former industrial site into a public riverfront park may soon become reality for area residents.

The Department of Justice today announced the opening of a 30-day public comment period on an agreement that would credit BASF Corporation (BASF) for its contributions toward the design... Environmental Response and Restoration Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration The Ecological Services Program works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend.

Using the best available science, we work with federal, state, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to... Environmental Response and Restoration We provide national leadership in the protection and restoration of fish, wildlife, and their habitats when they are threatened or harmed by illegal oil discharges, releases of hazardous substances, or other environmental pollution.