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North Carolina
After 140 years, 27 U.S. presidents, and two world wars, the
30-ton steam engine of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor
is about to be raised from the ocean floor off Cape Hatteras.
NOAA's Monitor Marine Sanctuary staff, the Navy's Naval Sea
Systems Command, and The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia
are working to preserve this piece of American history for generations
to come. The Monitor 2001 Expedition continues efforts
to implement a long-range preservation plan for the rapidly
deteriorating warship. As a national historic landmark, the
Monitor is considered one of the world's most significant
shipwrecks. Recover efforts are scheduled for June 25-29 and
July 9-30.
USS Monitor sinking off Cape Hatteras, December 31, 1862
Monitor
Links:
http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov
http://www.monitorcenter.org
http://www.cnsl.spear.navy.mil/mdsu2
Maryland
Just announced is a brand new Chesapeake Bay community-based
restoration partnership that will provide over $400,000 to help
restore critical wetlands and streams and important fisheries
throughout the Bay. NOAA's Community-Based Restoration Program
and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation have joined to
encourage broad public participation in hands-on restoration
activity - and to help connect more people to the Bay.
Home to blue crabs, oysters, striped bass, and many other marine
species, the Chesapeake Bay is the nation's largest estuary.
In part, restoration funds will strengthen shoreline stabilization
techniques on Barren Island, an offshore island in Chesapeake
Bay. Work on Barren Island has already involved large numbers
of volunteers who have assisted in planting salt marsh vegetation
on dredged material carefully placed to build up restored areas.
This work was organized by the National Aquarium in Baltimore,
which will receive the initial $50,000 grant.
A six-inch ruler is not long enough to measure these Maryland
crabs.
Maine
Few areas of the country are more attuned to weather than Maine,
and soon residents in the northern and down east areas will
have a new state-of-the-art National Weather Service forecast
office in their area. Groundbreaking for the $2.2 million facility
took place June 1 at Caribou Municipal Airport. As one of the
more northern U.S. cities in the continental U.S., Caribou's
weather frequently grabs the nation's attention. Scheduled for
summer 2002 completion, the forecast office will employ 22 meteorologists
and contribute $1 million annually to the local economy. Larry
Gabric, meteorologist-in-charge, calls the new office the "the
cornerstone of modernized weather services."
Wielding the ceremonial shovel, from left, are Caribou Mayor
Phillip Bennett, resident Paul Powers, Congressman John E. Baldacci,
NWS Eastern Region Director Dean P. Gulezian, Sharon Campbell-St.
Peter (representing U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe), Phillip
Bosse (representing U.S. Senator Susan M. Collins) and General
Bill Libby of the Maine Emergency Management Agency.
California
During Your Career is Our Future day in Santa Cruz, NOAA's
LCDR Michele Finn recently shared her experiences with 42 junior
college marine biology students and 24 "at risk" children. While
open to all "at risk" children, the latter program was part
of one specifically addressing the needs of the surrounding
Hispanic community. Michele shared her passion for careers on
ships and aircrafts, focusing primarily on NOAA initiatives.
Texas
In San Angelo, 17th congressional district representative
Charles W. Stenholm returned for a second tour of the National
Weather Forecast office. He visited several years ago when the
office was dedicated. This time, the focus was on the weather's
service completed modernization program with up-to-the minute
technology. Greg Jackson (left), NOAA science and operation
officer, briefs Congressman Stenholm (center) and his aide Jeff
Skaggs.
New York
This may look like Hawaii but it's actually the offices of
the weather service's eastern region in Long Island where an
innovative American/Pacific Islander Awareness Program just
took place. Dean Gulezian, eastern region director, joins EEO
program manager Ellen Green and Lilinos, a native Hawaiian.
Meerah Chartuk coordinated the ethnic lunch that followed.
Rhode Island
Captain Bruce Fisher, president of the Northeast Pilots Association
and long-time NOAA supporter, is new "Maritime Man of the Year"
in Narragansett Bay. Captain Fisher is an avid supporter of
the NOAA fleet, NOAA Corps and NOAA's navigation programs. He
was cited for leadership in successfully implementing a NOAA
Ports system for Narragansett Bay. He was honored for expanding
the port's business opportunities and his dedication to fostering
safe navigation. CDR Steve Barnum of the Coast Survey presented
the award, which was given by the Port of Narragansett Bay's
Propeller Club.
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