Damage Assessment Process

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Damage Assessment Process

• Lead Agency
• National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration
  (NOAA), Damage Assessment and Restoration Program
  (DARP)
• State and Local participants
• FDEP, EPCHC, City of Tampa, Cargill and
  contractors will assist in data collection
• Assessment Categories Selected to Date
• Plant communities (marshes, mangroves,
  seagrasses, algae)
• Site inspections
• Aerial photography
• Fish and wildlife mortality
• Netting in deep and shallow water
• Shoreline inspections
• Water Quality
• Acidity (pH), nutrients, other constituents
• Sediment Quality