estuary habitat restoration activity
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The term “estuary habitat restoration activity” includes—
(i) the reestablishment of chemical, physical, hydrologic, and biological features and components associated with an estuary;
(ii) except as provided in subparagraph (C), the cleanup of pollution for the benefit of estuary habitat;
(iii) the control of nonnative and invasive species in the estuary;
(iv) the reintroduction of species native to the estuary, including through such means as planting or promoting natural succession;
(v) the construction of reefs to promote fish and shellfish production and to provide estuary habitat for living resources; and
(vi) other activities that improve estuary habitat.
Source
- 2000–present33 U.S.C. § 2902Navigation and Navigable Waters · Definitions · in this chapter
The term “estuary habitat restoration activity” means an activity that results in improving degraded estuaries or estuary habitat or creating estuary habitat (including both physical and functional restoration), with the goal of attaining a self-sustaining system integrated into the surrounding landscape.
Source
- 2000–present33 U.S.C. § 2902Navigation and Navigable Waters · Definitions · in this chapter