Estuary Technical Group

The Estuary Technical Group (ETG) provides scientific decision support and on-the-ground resource management for estuarine restoration and conservation, with a focus on estuarine wetlands. The Estuary Technical Group builds upon IAE’s successful history of conservation practice by adding a new concentration in estuarine ecology. The goal of the Estuary Technical Group is to restore estuarine habitats, improve estuarine restoration results, and advance the understanding of estuarine ecosystems through cost-effective application of the best available science.

Examples of ETG projects

Helping resource management groups develop strategic plans for estuarine wetland restoration, including funding allocation and climate change adaptation planning
Providing technical guidance to federal and state agencies for accurate mapping and assessment of estuarine wetlands
Monitoring tidal wetland restoration sites to track their effectiveness and provide accountability to funders for their investment
Assisting watershed councils and nongovernmental organizations with tidal wetland restoration design, implementation and monitoring
Providing outreach to the public and to the scientific community on tidal wetland functions and ecology, impacts of human activities, and how to mitigate for those impacts
Conducting research on carbon sequestration and collaborating with other researchers to develop a “blue carbon” action plan for the Pacific Northwest

ETG Reports

April 1, 2021

Early post-restoration recovery of tidal wetland structure and function at the Southern Flow Corridor project, Tillamook Bay, Oregon

August 1, 2020

Total ecosystem carbon stocks at the marine‐terrestrial interface: Blue carbon of the Pacific Northwest Coast, United States

July 1, 2020

Early Ecosystem Development Varies With Elevation and Pre-Restoration Land Use/Land Cover in a Pacific Northwest Tidal Wetland Restoration Project

February 1, 2020

Controls on sediment accretion and blue carbon burial in tidal saline wetlands: Insights from the Oregon coast, U.S.A.

December 29, 2019

Comparing historical losses of forested, scrub-shrub, and emergent tidal wetlands on the Oregon coast, USA: A paradigm shift for estuary restoration and conservation

December 5, 2019

Insights into estuary habitat loss in the western United States using a new method for mapping maximum extent of tidal wetlands

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Project Videos

Videos

Photos

Habitat restoration site photos taken by Estuary Technical Group members.
Copyright Laura Brophy, Green Point Consulting. Please do not use images without both permission and citation of the source.

Early stages of tidal channel development, tidal marsh restoration, Nestucca Bay NWR, Nestucca River estuary of Oregon
Breaching the dike, tidal marsh restoration site, Yaquina River estuary of Oregon
Grading to historic marsh plain elevation, Tamara Quays tidal marsh restoration site, Salmon River estuary of Oregon
Early stages of tidal channel development, tidal marsh restoration, Nestucca Bay NWR, Nestucca River estuary of Oregon
Khem So, Megan MacClellan and Bill Bridgeland survey constructed channels, Ni-les’tun restoration site, Bandon Marsh NWR, Coquille River estuary of Oregon