Service Seeks Public Input for Manatee Five-Year Review The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it is conducting a five-year review of the Florida manatee, which is federally-protected as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The five-year review will assess the best available scientific and commercial information to determine how the manatee […]
NOAA AWARDS $275,000 TO TROUT UNLIMITED The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced a $275,000 grant to Trout Unlimited as part of a multi-project cooperative partnership to restore coastal and river fisheries habitat throughout the coastal United States. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The grant supports a three-year partnership between […]
NOAA CHIEF LEADS 100 VOLUNTEERS IN RESTORING TIDAL WETLANDS OF FORT MCHENRY ON SATURDAY The director of the nation’s top science agency for oceans and the atmosphere, Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., will lead 100 volunteers from the Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the annual tidal wetland restoration at historic Fort McHenry in […]
NOAA TEACHER AT SEA PROGRAM RELEASES ITS FIRST CHILDREN’S BOOK April 8, 2005  The NOAA Teacher at Sea program unveiled its first children’s book at the National Science Teachers Association conference in Dallas, Texas, where coauthors-teachers Mary Cook and Diane Stanitski and NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown Chief Boatswain-illustrator Bruce Cowden signed books by […]
NOAA OFFERS HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS NEW EDUCATIONAL KIT ON ESTUARY SCIENCE A new online educational product, the fourth in a series of “Discovery Kits” developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Ocean Service, is now available on the Web for students and teachers. This latest kit explains the science of estuaries […]
The Conservation Fund and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announce theAcquisition of 6,000 Acres for Catahoula National Wildlife RefugeLouisiana Wildlife, Sportsmen To Benefit From Wal-Mart Acres for AmericaProgramAlexandria, LA (April 12, 2005) – The Conservation Fund and a coalition ofpublic and private partners announced today the acquisition of more than6,000 acres for the Catahoula National […]
NOAA MAKES FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY PROJECTSGrants Will Support Broad Range Of Educational Programs For the first time, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is soliciting applications that support its strategic cross-cutting priority of promoting environmental literacy. As a global leader in oceanic and atmospheric sciences, NOAA has a responsibility to improve public understanding […]
NOAA COLLABORATIVE STUDY REVEALS CRITICAL DISCOVERY RELATED TO HARMFUL ALGAL TOXINS Published in Nature magazine, a new collaborative study conducted in part by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reveals the molecular basis for resistance and accumulation of paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) in softshell clams. This collaborative study, supported by grants from NOAA’s Ecology and […]
NOAA ORGANIC ACT SENT TO CONGRESS The Bush Administration has sent a bill to Congress that codifies the establishment and purposes of NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Announcement of the action was made Tuesday at the inaugural meeting of the Cabinet-level Committee on Ocean Policy. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez, a member of […]
North Carolina Asks to Re-Open Gillnet Fishery in Pamlico Sound NOAA Fisheries Service has received an application from the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (NCDMF) to allow the shallow water flounder gillnet fishery to operate in a closed area of Pamlico Sound. Beginning in 2002, NOAA Fisheries Service had closed the area to fishing […]
