On May 6, 2021, the U.S. Departments of the Interior, Agriculture and Commerce, and the White House Council on Environmental Quality released a preliminary report on Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful. The Report recommends a decade-long national initiative to advance locally led conservation and restoration in public, private, and Tribal lands and waters toward addressing three threats: disappearance of nature, climate change, and inequitable access to the outdoors.
These efforts will build on NOAA’s five decades of conserving and connecting people to ecosystems, species, and special places in our nation’s marine and Great Lakes environments. Guided by the eight core principles in the report, NOAA is seeking public input on how NOAA should use its existing authorities and associated measures to conserve and restore America’s ocean, coasts, and Great Lakes. Visit the Federal Register Notice.
How to Comment
Interested persons are invited to submit comments to the Federal eRulemaking Portal on or before December 28, 2021. Comments may also be submitted by mail by sending them to the following address:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Room 5128
Washington, DC 20230
Since the release of the Report, NOAA has been actively seeking input from stakeholders. NOAA has received written comments and heard from stakeholders during virtual listening sessions held on November 8 and 16, 2021. All input received since the release of the Report will be considered equally with the input we receive through this Federal Register Notice.