Friends of the Maitai and local schools, to restore the Maitai River and its tributaries. Ecological restoration markets Although the international field of restoration is driven primarily by the non-profit, government and academic sectors, in the U.S and certain other countries (e.g. Australia, which has a robust mining restoration sector), there are active markets for ecological restoration. The U.S. market blossomed shortly after Congress passed the Clean Water Act and the Environmental Protection Agency issued implementing regulations aimed at preventing the loss of streams and wetlands, and in the wake of the passage of the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 also created restoration opportunities. When regulations stemming from these laws came online in the mid-1980s, there were few firms that were qualified or experienced in performing large-scale restoration projects. The first estimate of the dollars and jobs in the U.S. was $9.5 billion in annual sales, with 126,000 people employed. US military and Navy In 1975, the DOD started cleaning up contaminated military sites under the "Installation Restoration Program" . In 1986, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act from 1976 was amended to create the "Defense Environmental Restoration Program". In 2001, DoD established the "Military Munitions Response Program" for sites known or suspected to contain unexploded ordnance, discarded military munitions, or munitions constituents. The Department of the Navy documents its environmental restoration in its administrative record file collections for each facility. As of 2022, these were grouped into 5 US regions, namely Northwest, Hawaii, Southwest, Midatlantic and Southeast. See also Biodegradation Bioremediation Buffalo Commons Dutch standards Industrial nature List of environment topics Natural attenuation Phytoremediation Richard St. Barbe Baker Stream restoration References External links Society for Ecological Restoration Stream Restoration Links Restoration Ecology Links Restore the Earth site Arid Lands and Desert Restoration Sustainable Ecological Restoration . American Society of Professional Wetland Engineers (ASPWE) EEMP - a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization dedicated to communicate the lessons of rehabilitation through media around the world.