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Improving Habitat Injured by Spill Response: Restoring the Night Sky

Implementing Organization

State of Alabama; State of Florida; US Department of the Interior

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$3,889,125

Known Leveraged Funding

$0

Funding Organization

Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (NRDA)

Funding Program

Natural Resource Damage Assessment NRDA

Details

Project Category

Environmental

Project Actions

Species Restoration

Targeted Resources

Birds/Bird Habitat

Project Description

This project will reduce disturbance to nesting habitat for loggerhead sea turtles. The project involves multiple tasks: 1) Site-specific surveys of existing light sources for each targeted beach; 2) Coordination with site managers on development of plans to eliminate, retrofit, or replace existing light fixtures on the property or to otherwise decrease the amount of light reaching the loggerhead sea turtle nesting beach; 3) Retrofitting streetlights and parking lot lights; 4) Increased efforts by local governments to ensure compliance with local lighting ordinances; and 5) A public awareness campaign including educational materials and revision of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Lighting Technical Manual to include Best Available Technology (Witherington and Martin, 2000).

Contact

Dianne Ingram
(251) 517-8012
dianne_ingram@fws.gov
Project Website
Project Partners

None

Affiliated Institutions

For official trustee information regarding the Deepwater Horizon NRDA, including information regarding the NRDA process and the status of projects, see https://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/

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