MARCH 18, 2016--OR&R's Assessment and Restoration Division held a marsh vegetation injury assessment training at the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) in Mount Vernon, Washington, on March 11.

Participants tested Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) field sampling assessment techniques and metrics, as well as electronic capture of field data. The branch also learned about salt marsh ecology from Padilla Bay and Restoration Center staff. The regional training is a follow on from the division's Field Assessment and Support Techniques (FAST) Waquoit Bay NERR Marsh Workshop held last September in Massachusetts.

For more information, contact Marla.Steinhoff@noaa.gov.

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