BRI’s Jeff Morris of the NRDA Consulting Group co-chaired a NRDA session at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America 45th Annual Meeting. Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) is a science-based legal process for determining the type and magnitude of injury to public natural resources caused by the release of hazardous substances to define appropriate restoration.

BRI’s NRDA Consulting Group provides expertise in environmental toxicology, contaminant fate and transport, hydrology and hydrogeology, ecosystem services, and ecological restoration. Our services also include support for ecological risk assessments, and our work covers both field and laboratory research.

The “Tools, Methods, and Approaches for Natural Resource Damage Assessment” session at the SETAC North America 45th Annual Meeting convened a diverse group of practitioners from government, business and academia to explore innovative methodologies for assessing and restoring natural resources injured because of hazardous substance releases. The session included six platform presentations and three posters, providing valuable information to support the NRDA process.