The Damage Assessment and Restoration program brings together restoration scientists and managers and a legal team to ensure that natural resource losses are compensated for and that injured marine resources are restored after oil spills, toxic releases or ship groundings.Regional restoration planning complements other tools like conservation, habitat enhancement and protection and, taken together, provide a comprehensive solution that will allow us to tackle watershed-wide habitat problems. The Restoration Center endorses and is active in regional and watershed restoration planning and implementation. As the Restoration Center expands its programs and its role in regional and ecosystem restoration, its goal is to be in a position to conduct broad-scale ecosystem restoration planning and implementation with its national, regional and local partners in all important coastal, estuarine and anadromous fish habitats throughout the United States and its territories.