### Question
What does habitat restoration mean?


### Answer
**Habitat restoration** has the following meaning in *16 U.S.C. § 3772*:

> the manipulation of the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of a site with the goal of returning the majority of natural functions to the lost or degraded native habitat

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 3772*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 57B-PARTNERS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE**

