Suggest a Project

Share Your Ideas

Do you have ideas for a specific restoration project in your area? You can use the online form below to give us the details and your information will be entered into our database. These suggested projects will be retained as part of a database that will be evaluated by the trustees for consideration in project-specific restoration plans that will be subject to public review and comment.

  • Please keep a record of your confirmation number after submitting your information. It is useful for editing your submission in the future.
  • You can add attachments after submitting your project idea. Instructions are provided after you complete and submit the form.
  • You can edit your submission by selecting "Edit an Existing Project" in the form.
  • To see your submission and others in an interactive map visit the "View Submitted Projects" page.

If you are having problems with the online form, email nrda.projects@noaa.gov to obtain a copy of the alternate submission form.

Project Submission Guidelines (click to expand)

Please note that your project suggestion and any associated attachments may be posted online. The information you submit will be retained as part of the Administrative Record for the Natural Resources Damage Assessment. Please be advised that your project suggestion–including your name and contact information, if included–may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us to withhold this information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Projects submissions will be screened in advance of being posted online. All projects and attachments will be reviewed based on the guidelines listed below and posted (or not) following that review. Project suggestions that contain unacceptable content will not be edited; those projects will simply not be posted.

Also, supporting documents, links, etc., are welcome as long as they are pertinent to the restoration project suggestion. However, the appearance of external links, advertisements, political opinions, or other comments do not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Please note that content that meets the following criteria will NOT be posted:

  • Contains vulgar language or material, personal attacks of any kind, threats, obscenity, or offensive terms that target specific ethnic or racial groups;
  • Promotes services or products (non-commercial links that are relevant to the comment are acceptable);
  • Are far off-topic (i.e., not within the scope of the Trustees' Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan); or
  • Make unsupported accusations.
Paperwork Reduction Guidance (click to expand)

NRDA Restoration Project Information Sheet
OMB Control # 0648-0497
Expires 10/31/2026

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT BURDEN STATEMENT:
A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with an information collection subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 unless the information collection has a currently valid OMB Control Number. The approved OMB Control Number for this information collection is 0648-0497. Without this approval, we could not conduct this information collection. Public reporting for this information collection is estimated to be approximately 20 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information collection. All responses to this information collection are voluntary. The NRDA Restoration Project Information Sheet is designed to facilitate the collection of information on existing, planned, or proposed restoration projects, to be used by the Natural Resource Trustees to develop potential restoration alternatives for natural resource injuries and service losses requiring restoration, during the restoration planning phase of the NRDA process. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden to NOAA  at: 1315 East-West Hwy (SSMC3) Silver Spring, MD 20910, Attn: IT Specialist William Nichols, william.w.nichols@noaa.gov