| |
| NOAA
Administrator Lautenbacher joined
in the placement of a commemorative geodetic marker at the
United States Mint at Philadelphia in March to celebrate the
coining of the new Westward Journey Nickel, marking the bicentennials
of the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition.
“NOAA
takes great pride in its historical roots that date to the
time of Lewis and Clark. The placement of this marker salutes
their work in the early mapping and charting of the United
States,” said Lautenbacher.
|
|
|
NOAA
Administrator Lautenbacher was on hand to dedicate the
new geodetic marker at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia.
|
|
A
high school in Louisiana is the site of a new Continuously
Operating Reference Station as part of a national program
to bring GPS based positioning resources to the state. The
station was installed recently to support GPS based surveying
and coastal projects needing accurate positioning information
and elevations. Managed by NOAA’s National Geodetic
Survey, the program coordinates a network of stations that
provide GPS measurements in support of three-dimensional positioning
activities throughout the United States.
“Use
of the Global Positioning System provides Louisiana and the
Gulf Coast with critical elevations of roads, flood protection
levees, buildings and homes.” said Charlie
Challstrom, director of NOAA's National Geodetic
Survey. “Working in partnership with the state and with
St. Charles Parish, we can better prepare for and respond
to the challenges of subsidence and coastal flooding, and
work together to protect our communities.”
| |
NOAA presented this plaque to the Terrebone Parish School
Board.
|
|
| Employee and Team Member of the Month |
|
Employee of Month
Wanda
Cain
|
Team Member of Month
Curley
Winbrenner
|
|
NOAA
Fisheries’ Wanda Cain and NMAO’s Curley
Winebrenner are this month’s Employee and Team
Member of the Month. You can read about their accomplishments
in the March edition of NOAA Report, coming to your
mailbox soon. |
|
| Ocean
Service Takes Role in Marine Partnership
|
| NOAA
and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), through
its Global Program of Action (GPA) for the Protection of the
Marine Environment from Land-based Activities, announced the
signing last month of a collaborative agreement to establish
an office in NOAA’s National Ocean Service to help provide
effective follow-up support to the White Water to Blue Water
related activities in the wider Caribbean Region. The agreement
was announced at a conference in Miami in March.
The
White Water to Blue Water Partnership, first announced in
September 2002, is designed to promote the practice of integrated
watershed and marine ecosystem-based management in support
of sustainable development. Its international steering committee
is working to identify existing programs and develop new partnerships
that enhance integrated approaches in areas such as wastewater
and sanitation, sustainable agricultural practices, integrated
coastal management, sustainable tourism, and
environmentally sound marine transportation in the Caribbean.
The
establishment of an office to facilitate and coordinate NOAA
and UNEP’s activities in support of the marine environment
will allow for the active application of best management practices
in the region. The office will provide answers to questions,
information on marine ecosystem management, and as resources
allow, technical assistance in the form of training or on-site
expert assistance.
The
NOAA-UNEP agreement begins this year and continues at least
through the end of 2007.
|
|
Deputy
Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, William
J. Brennan,
spoke
at the White Water to Blue Water conference in Miami
in March.
|
|
| Lautenbacher Speaks to Oceanology Conference |
|
|
|
NOAA Administrator Conrad Lautenbacher was the keynote
speaker at Oceanology International 2004, the world’s
largest ocean technology and marine science event, held
in March in London. His topic was Stewardship of the
Oceans and Coastal Zone through Coastal and Ocean Observing
Systems.
|
|
|
At
accessNOAA, we’re always looking for interesting stories
about NOAA people just like you. Whether your office has received
an award, or your collection of Elvis memorabilia is tops
in its class, if it makes a fellow NOAA reader take a second
look, it’s right for accessNOAA. E-mail your stories
and photos to accessnoaa@accessnoaa.noaa.gov, and you may
see it in an upcoming issue. (Digital photos embedded in a
Word Perfect or Word document cannot be used.)
|
|
|
