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Specific Water Bodies
Chesapeake Bay
- Chesapeake Bay
Program
As the largest estuary in the United States and one of the most
productive in the world, the Chesapeake was this nation's
first estuary targeted for restoration and protection.
Great Lakes
- Great
Lakes Ecological Protection and Restoration
Information about the Great Lakes that includes biodiversity,
green landscaping and photo essays.
- Case
Studies
Final reports of projects funded by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's Great Lakes National Program Office
demonstrate the successes of ecological protection and
restoration techniques and model programs across the Great Lakes
basin.
Gulf of Mexico
- Gulf of Mexico Information
Network (GIN)
The Gulf of Mexico is one of the Nation's largest ecological
systems and is closely linked to a significant portion of the
Nation's economy. The environmentally sound utilization of
the Gulf of Mexico's natural resources requires ready access
to information.
Indian River Lagoon
- Indian River
Lagoon
The IRL is located along a transition zone between the
warm-temperate climate to the north and a more subtropical
climate to the south. This location of the lagoon, combined with
its large size and other physical characteristics, make it an
estuary of extremely high biological productivity. The unique
combination of these factors is what makes the IRL system the
most diverse estuary in North America!
Long Island Sound
- Long Island
Sound Study
Low levels of oxygen in the Long Island Sound have resulted in
significant, adverse ecological effects in bottom water habitats.
It has established targets for dissolved oxygen and has outlined
a phased approach to achieve them.
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