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Improving Links Between Science and Coastal Management
Coastal Coordination Committee
National Marine Protected Area Initiative—State Coordination Project
Improving Links Between Science and Coastal Management
Jena Carter, Staff Liasion
Under a contract with the Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET), the CSO Science Work Group will conduct a survey of state research and technology needs; draft two white papers; and host a training workshop on science translation; and initiate a regional science translation project.
Status and Upcoming Events
The draft survey results have been released and the final copy will be available in soon.
Project Documents
Coastal Coordination Committee
Renee Thompson, Staff Liasion
The Coastal Coordination Committee was established by the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration’s (NOAA) National Ocean Service and the Coastal States
Organization to work in partnership with NERRA, the Environmental Protection
Agency’s Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds; the Sea Grant
Association; and other relevant officials and staff in order to strengthen
communication and cooperation in coastal management and to further shared
Coastal States Organization stewardship objectives and goals between the
state and federal coastal management programs. The Committee is a forum
for senior managers of these
programs to discuss program development, implementation, evaluation, and
improvement; identify opportunities for integration and coordination among
programs; and develop policy that guides the collaborative and individual
efforts of federal and state coastal management programs and activities.
The Committee meets officially twice per year and develops a list of priority
activities for the overall Committee and each working group. The Committee
has established four working groups: 1) Communications; 2) Science to
management; 3) Legislation; and 4) Performance indicators. The Committee
is co-chaired by NOAA’s Assistant Administrator for the National
Ocean Service, Dr. Rick Spinrad; CSO Chair, Debra Hernandez, and EPA’s
Director of the Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, Diane Regas.
Status and Upcoming Events