Coast Guard conducts safety tests PENSACOLA, Fla. (Mar. 1) – A Coast Guard 25-foot response boat is intentionally capsized today at Naval Air Station Pensacola in order to test the boat’s stability and water-tight integrity when inverted. The results of the tests will be used to develop Coast Guard policy associated with emergency procedures as […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES MAN AFTER CAPSIZING IN BELLINGHAM, WASH. SEATTLE – The Coast Guard rescued a man after his boat capsized near Squalicum Creek near Bellingham, Wash., Monday. Coast Guard Station Bellingham launched a 27-foot response boat at 4:12 p.m., two minutes after a man called the station from his shore side home near the […]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Proposals From States for 2005 Endangered Species Grants The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now seeking proposals from states and U.S. territories interested in acquiring land or conducting conservation planning for endangered species. Through the fiscal year 2005 appropriation from Congress, more than $70.5 million is available to […]
USA WINTERâ€â€ÂÂÂIT’S NOT OVER UNTIL IT’S OVER March 1, 2005  Just as February storms out and March comes blowing in, the U.S. was hit with another dose of winter reality. Meteorologists at the NOAA National Weather Service see the national picture as a tale of two coasts. This week the parched Pacific Northwest and […]
NOAA 2005 NATIONAL STAKEHOLDER FORUM NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will host a national stakeholder forum on March 2nd in Washington, D.C. Issues identified and discussed at this year’s forum will be used to set near-term priorities, as well as to guide development of long-term goals for the agency. NOAA is an agency […]
GRAY’S REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY SPONSORS ‘FANTASTIC FISHES’ AWARD IN POPULAR SIDEWALK ARTS FESTIVAL Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary will offer three special awards for the best underwater marine environment scene drawn for Savannah, Georgia’s popular Sidewalk Arts Festival April 30. Gray’s Reef is one of 13 NOAA national marine sanctuaries that protect some 18,000 […]
“Save The Inlets” Regional Meeting March 3, 2005 7:00pm Rotary Civic Center NC Rte 24 Swansboro, North Carolina Panel Members U.S. Congress Mike McIntyre (Staff Mary Simpson) Walter Jones (Staffer Josh Bowlen) U. S. Senators Richard Burr (Staff Ryan Rankin) Elizabeth Dole (Staff Janet Bradbury) Lieutenant Governor Beverly Perdue (Policy Director Tamara Jones) N. […]
Car Pools for The March 3rd “Save The Inlets” Meetings Anyone from the Inland Areas, If you plan of driving from the inland areas (Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, Winston-Salem) or would like a ride from the inland areas PLEASE see this Thread over at Captain Stan’s Forum. We need all the inland support we can get. Please plan […]
PROGRAM FOR SAVE OUR INLETS PROGRAM 7:00 PM OBSFC MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AND ADJOURNED. WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS BY STAN JARUSINSKI INTRODUCE EARL BUNTING-DIRECTOR OF OBSFC EARL BUNTING-INTRODUCTION OF PANELISTS, MODERATORS, MAYORS AND TOWN COUNCILS, PRESENTERS. NITA HEDREEN-FLIP CHART, MODERATORS TOM ANDRESKY-DIRECTOR OBSFC AND JAMIE CAMERON OF THE TIDELAND NEWS. RUDI RUDOLPH SHORE PROTECTION […]
CANOE AND BODIES OF MISSING TEENAGERS LOCATED YANKEETOWN, Fla. – Sadly, a Coast Guard helicopter and a vessel from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission located the two teenagers who have been missing since Saturday night deceased approximately eight miles offshore of the mouth of the Swanee River around noon today. The boys’ canoe […]
