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NOAA $9.4M award and new lagoon economic study: county to host stakeholder workshops
Summary
Speakers told commissioners a $9.4 million NOAA NOAH grant funds 15 restoration sites (two in Indian River County). A Balmoral Group economic valuation estimated multibillion-dollar ecosystem service and property‑value benefits; commissioners approved two stakeholder workshops to guide county projects.
The Indian River County Board of County Commissioners heard a briefing Feb. 24 on a $9.4 million NOAA NOAH habitat restoration grant and an updated economic valuation of the Indian River Lagoon, and approved two stakeholder workshops to align local projects and planning.
Dr. Dwayne DeFries, executive director of the Indian River Lagoon Council and the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program, and Courtney Cortez of the Balmoral Group presented the NOAA NOAH award and an economic update. DeFries said the NOAH award supports 15 restoration sites and 10 subawardees; "two…
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