Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) | RPI offers highly experienced staff in the following areas: - Emergency Response and Ephemeral Data Collection
- Preassessment Phase Activities
- Case Management
- Design and Implementation of Field and Lab Studies for Injury Quantification
- Restoration Scaling
- Preparation of Damage Assessment and Restoration Plans
- Expert Testimony
Example NRDA Cases |  | We offer training courses and manuals in NRDA methods for field data collection and injury assessment. We have prepared the following Protocols on Design and Methods for NRDA Ephemeral Data Collection During the Emergency Phase of a Spill: • Source Oil(s) Sampling ( 70 KB)
• Water Sampling ( 77 KB)
• Intertidal Sediment Sampling ( 67 KB)
• Subtidal Sediment Sampling ( 72 KB)
• Collection of Shellfish Tissues ( 67 KB)
• Biota/Tarball Stranding Documentation ( 63 KB)
• Salt Marsh Reconnaissance ( 68 KB)
• Intertidal Infauna Sampling ( 66 KB)
• Stranded Oil Quantification on Beaches ( 79 KB)
• Sunken Oil Pathways ( 70 KB)
• Bird Injury Quantification ( 79 KB)
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