Resources to Evaluate and Mitigate Environmental Risk

Treasury’s Office of Gulf Coast Restoration encourages our RESTORE Act-funded Direct Component recipients to use these resources when selecting, planning, designing, and siting RESTORE-funded projects, as appropriate.  To further assist in project planning, grant recipients can review restoration, research, and recovery projects resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Deepwater Horizon Project Tracker.

Federal Resources


Adapting Stormwater Management for Coastal Floods - The tool is an integrated collection of information and resources to help users determine and address the potential impacts of coastal flooding scenarios on stormwater management.


Gulf Regional and State or Local Datasets and Tools


Gulf TREE – Gulf TREE is a Gulf focused decision-support search engine designed to help decision-makers confidently identify the best climate tool for their needs.


GRIIDC – The Gulf Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative Data Management System (GRIIDC) includes search and dataset landing pages that are designed for anyone who is interested in obtaining data about the Gulf.


Program for Local Adaptation to Sea-Level Rise - These resources are intended for built and natural environment coastal stewards to understand future conditions and potential impacts as a result of rising seas.  Some of the more advanced models cover smaller geographies focused on the northern Gulf.


GEMS - The Gulf Ecosystem Service Logic Models & Socio-Economic Indicators (GEMS) tool supports planning around, decision-making based on, and monitoring of social and economic outcomes of coastal habitat restoration projects and programs.


ACUNE (Adaptation of Coastal Urban and Natural Ecosystems) and ACUNE+ (Enhanced ACUNE) – The tool informs urban and natural system managers of the current and future flood hazard and vulnerability of infrastructures (buildings, roads, bridges, stormwater systems, cultural sites, beaches, archeological sites, and wetlands, etc.) in Collier County (southwest Florida) and its offshore waters.