NCEI’s Regional Climate Services provides access to climate information, products, and other resources for specific regions across the United States. These services provide tailored, comprehensive support to help address the unique challenges and vulnerabilities created by regional weather and climate conditions. Notable resources for Nature based Solutions include coastal surface analysis products, coastal ecosystem maps, and coastal monitoring and indicator products. 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

The National Risk Index is a dataset and online tool to help illustrate the United States communities most at risk for 18 natural hazards. The Risk Index leverages available source data for natural hazard and community risk factors to develop a baseline risk measurement for each United States county and Census tract.

This publication was developed to help people on Florida’s coast select and use plants for coastal stabilization and habitat
restoration.

This document is a job aid that aims to provide Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) personnel and stakeholders with field guidance specific to Puerto Rico on using Natural and Nature-Based Solutions (NNBS) to stabilize shorelines through the protection, enhancement or restoration and creation of sand dunes in alignment with FEMA’s strategic goals for climate resilience.

Developed by NOAA, this resource helps users determine the best living shoreline design based on the specific attributes of the site. The guide contains a helpful infographic that displays the spectrum of gray to green shoreline infrastructure.

This portal helps users discover available resources for natural infrastructure projects including the movement and content of dredged material through placement area capacities, dredging plans, and sediment characteristic descriptions and help to identify beneficial use and infrastructure opportunities.

This instructor-led course prepares participants to successfully plan/implement green/natural infrastrcuture projects in their coastal communities. It includes a self-guided virtual module and an in-person event where participants work with local experts to develop a green infrastructure strategy. An online version of the course is offered.

This interactive self-paced module helps users identify coastal hazard issues, review possible green infrastructure interventions, and ideate community green infrastructure plans.

Comprised of key takeaways from 4 peer exchanges across the U.S., this report summarizes key recommendations and challenges in the permitting, design, monitoring, maintenance, and funding phases of NBS deployment in coastal highway resilience projects.

This page links three quick reference guides pertaining to NBS and ecosystem services: the practices & benefits, installation & maintenance costs, and assessment of costs & benefits.

Detailed guide to planning, design, construction, and maintenance of constructed and restored salt marshes. Intended as a how-to guide for those new to marsh restoration or as a reference for experienced practitioners.

Guidance document that details the characteristics of salt marsh habitat, human disturbance, and restoration and monitoring methods. Intended to provide a framework for salt marsh restoration and address common shortcomings in past projects.

This report and accompanying datasets from the U.S. Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flood Hazard Scenarios and Tools Interagency Task Force provide 1) sea level rise scenarios to 2150 by decade that include estimates of vertical land motion and 2) a set of extreme water level probabilities for various heights along the U.S. coastline. The information in this report summarizes the data and informaiton used to create several federal tools and resources related to coastal flood hazard/sea level rise, and a primary goal is to provide 'screening-level products'. 

This page explains NOAA's tiered approach to monitoring restoration projects.

The Digital Coast (authorized by the Digital Coast Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1467) was developed to meet the unique needs of the coastal management community. The website provides not only coastal data, but also the tools, training, and information needed to make these data truly useful. Content comes from many sources, all of which are vetted by NOAA.

Containing 199 case studies of successful living shoreline creation projects, this story map documents a variety of restoration strategies from across the country. The map displays the location of each project and gives a short description of the techniques used at that site.

Focusing on monitoring considerations, this guide helps projects match their restoration goals with the appropriate monitoring metrics. In addition to providing common monitoring variables, the authors also discuss site selection and global oyster decline.

There are many models that help determine if the environmental conditions are appropriate for oyster reef restoration. This guide helps managers parse through these models while also examining environmental drivers that influence oyster health.

This guide gives a helpful overview of the major components of oyster restoration. Filled with easy-to-read diagrams and charts, the authors help bridge the gap between engineering designs and overall project goals.