Office of Restoration and Damage Assessment
Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration
In partnership with affected state, tribal and federal trustee agencies, the NRDA Restoration Program conducts damage assessment(s), the first step toward resource restoration, which are used to provide the basis for determining restoration needs.
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NRDAR Case Map and Document Library
The purpose of the Damage Assessment and Restoration Tracking System (DARTS) is to efficiently manage and track information and documents on cases throughout the entire Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) process. -
NRDAR Primer
A brief overview of the natural resource damage assessment and restoration process. Photo by Steve Gifford -
Gulf Spill Restoration
The April 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico resulted in the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The Department of the Interior is playing a major role in many restoration efforts. Two of our largest endeavors are the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment (DWH NRDA) and RESTORE Act implementation.