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| **NOAA In Your State**            |                                   |
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| **Connecticut**                   |                                   |
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| *NOAA\'s work touches the daily   |   -------------------             |
| lives of every person in the      | --------------------------------- |
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| of NOAA's dedicated staff and     |                                   |
| partner organizations located in  |   -------------------             |
| program and research offices      | --------------------------------- |
| throughout the country. The       |                                   |
| following is a summary of NOAA    |                                   |
| programs based in, and focused    |                                   |
| on, your state. The entries are   |                                   |
| listed by statewide, region, and  |                                   |
| then by congressional districts   |                                   |
| and cities or towns.*             |                                   |
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| ***CT***                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Coastal***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Integrated Ocean Observing      |                                   |
| System (IOOS) Program**           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **IOOS Regional Association**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The NOAA Integrated Ocean         |                                   |
| Observing System (IOOS) program   |                                   |
| manages the development of a      |                                   |
| national network of 11 Regional   |                                   |
| Associations (RAs) of coastal     |                                   |
| ocean observing systems. The      |                                   |
| Northeastern Regional Association |                                   |
| of Coastal Ocean Observing        |                                   |
| Systems (NERACOOS) was            |                                   |
| established to network and expand |                                   |
| the existing observing and        |                                   |
| prediction capacities of a        |                                   |
| multitude of institutions and     |                                   |
| agencies throughout New England   |                                   |
| and Maritime Canada. NERACOOS     |                                   |
| supports infrastructure that      |                                   |
| provides over-water               |                                   |
| meteorological and wave           |                                   |
| observations in Long Island Sound |                                   |
| and the Gulf of Maine to the      |                                   |
| National Weather Service that are |                                   |
| critical to safe navigation.      |                                   |
| These platforms also support      |                                   |
| current and dissolved oxygen      |                                   |
| sensors that provide critical     |                                   |
| information for management of     |                                   |
| hypoxia and harmful algal bloom.  |                                   |
| Fisheries managers, water quality |                                   |
| specialists, the Coast Guard, and |                                   |
| many others benefit from accurate |                                   |
| and timely ocean observing        |                                   |
| infrastructure and related        |                                   |
| decision support tools. The       |                                   |
| region includes the coastal       |                                   |
| waters of Maine, New Hampshire,   |                                   |
| Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and  |                                   |
| Connecticut. There is overlap     |                                   |
| with the Mid-Atlantic Coastal     |                                   |
| Ocean Observing Regional          |                                   |
| Association (MACOORA), which also |                                   |
| includes the coastal waters of    |                                   |
| Connecticut and Rhode Island. In  |                                   |
| addition, partners from the       |                                   |
| Canadian provinces of New         |                                   |
| Brunswick and Nova Scotia will be |                                   |
| involved to ensure appropriate    |                                   |
| coverage in shared waters.        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http                             |                                   |
| ://www.neracoos.org/]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Marine Environmental    |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **NOAA Center for Tsunami         |                                   |
| Research (NCTR)**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Tsunami Research Program at   |                                   |
| the Pacific Marine Environmental  |                                   |
| Laboratory (PMEL), headquartered  |                                   |
| in Seattle, Washington, seeks to  |                                   |
| mitigate tsunami hazards to all   |                                   |
| U.S. coastal states and           |                                   |
| territories, including            |                                   |
| Connecticut. A tsunami is a       |                                   |
| series of very large ocean waves  |                                   |
| caused by underwater earthquakes, |                                   |
| landslides, volcanic eruptions,   |                                   |
| explosions, and even meteor       |                                   |
| impacts. Capable of flooding      |                                   |
| hundreds of meters inland past    |                                   |
| the typical high-water level, the |                                   |
| fast-moving water associated with |                                   |
| an inundating tsunami can crush   |                                   |
| homes and other coastal           |                                   |
| structures. More common           |                                   |
| occurrences, and devastating in   |                                   |
| an economic sense, are false      |                                   |
| alarms that lead to expensive     |                                   |
| evacuations of coastal areas. The |                                   |
| PMEL NCTR staff conducts research |                                   |
| and development activities in     |                                   |
| close collaboration with the      |                                   |
| National Weather Service (NWS)    |                                   |
| Tsunami Warning Centers, National |                                   |
| Data Buoy Center (NDBC), and the  |                                   |
| coastal states. Activities focus  |                                   |
| on the development of             |                                   |
| site-specific forecast models for |                                   |
| coastal population centers. These |                                   |
| models are integrated into a      |                                   |
| PMEL-developed operational        |                                   |
| tsunami forecasting system at the |                                   |
| Tsunami Warning Centers. PMEL     |                                   |
| developed the original real-time  |                                   |
| DART tsunami-measuring buoy,      |                                   |
| which has been transitioned to    |                                   |
| NDBC. Engineering development is  |                                   |
| underway at PMEL to improve the   |                                   |
| cost-effectiveness of these       |                                   |
| platforms. Tsunami research at    |                                   |
| PMEL focuses on model             |                                   |
| improvements and tsunami hazard   |                                   |
| mitigation.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[h                               |                                   |
| ttp://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov]{.underl |                                   |
| ine}](http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Statewide***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Habitat Program**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Restoration Center**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS Restoration Center works     |                                   |
| with 79 private and public        |                                   |
| partners in Connecticut to        |                                   |
| restore tidal wetlands, remove    |                                   |
| barriers to fish migration,       |                                   |
| modify culverts, construct        |                                   |
| fishways to restore fish runs,    |                                   |
| control invasive plants, and      |                                   |
| restore submerged aquatic         |                                   |
| vegetation and native shellfish   |                                   |
| populations. Twenty-three         |                                   |
| projects have been completed in   |                                   |
| the State since 1999; opening     |                                   |
| roughly 55 stream miles and       |                                   |
| restoring 465 acres of habitat    |                                   |
| around Connecticut.               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://                         |                                   |
| www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restora |                                   |
| tion/]{.underline}](http://www.nm |                                   |
| fs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Northeast Region**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Northeast Regional Office and   |                                   |
| Fisheries Science Center**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS is responsible for the       |                                   |
| management, conservation and      |                                   |
| protection of living marine       |                                   |
| resources within the United       |                                   |
| States\' Exclusive Economic Zone  |                                   |
| (water three to 200 mile          |                                   |
| offshore). Using the tools        |                                   |
| provided by the Magnuson-Stevens  |                                   |
| Act, NMFS assesses and predicts   |                                   |
| the status of fish stocks,        |                                   |
| develops and ensures compliance   |                                   |
| with fisheries regulations,       |                                   |
| restores and protects habitat and |                                   |
| works to reduce wasteful fishing  |                                   |
| practices, and promote            |                                   |
| sustainable fisheries. Under the  |                                   |
| Marine Mammal Protection Act and  |                                   |
| the Endangered Species Act, NMFS  |                                   |
| recovers protected marine species |                                   |
| (i.e. whales, turtles). With the  |                                   |
| help of the six regional offices  |                                   |
| and eight councils, NMFS is able  |                                   |
| to work with communities on       |                                   |
| fishery management issues. The    |                                   |
| Northeast Regional Office         |                                   |
| (located in Gloucester, MA) is    |                                   |
| comprised of five divisions:      |                                   |
| Sustainable Fisheries, Habitat    |                                   |
| Conservation, Protected           |                                   |
| Resources, Fisheries Statistics,  |                                   |
| and State, Federal, and           |                                   |
| Constituent Programs. Key species |                                   |
| managed in the Northeast Region   |                                   |
| include the northeast             |                                   |
| "multispecies complex" (cod,      |                                   |
| haddock, yellowtail flounder      |                                   |
| etc.), Atlantic sea scallops,     |                                   |
| herring, lobster, and summer      |                                   |
| flounder. Key marine endangered   |                                   |
| species in this region are        |                                   |
| Atlantic salmon, northern right   |                                   |
| whales, and Atlantic shortnose    |                                   |
| sturgeon. The Northeast Science   |                                   |
| Center (headquartered in Woods    |                                   |
| Hole, MA) focuses on collection,  |                                   |
| analysis, and presentation of     |                                   |
| scientific information about the  |                                   |
| Northeast Shelf ecosystem, its    |                                   |
| condition, and its marine life.   |                                   |
| In addition to its six            |                                   |
| laboratories, the Center uses 5   |                                   |
| research vessels to support its   |                                   |
| work. They are the NOAA ships     |                                   |
| *Delaware II*, and *Henry B.      |                                   |
| Bigelow*, and the small research  |                                   |
| vessels *Gloria Michelle*,        |                                   |
| *Victor Loosanoff,* and *Nauvoo*. |                                   |
| The Northeast Regional Office and |                                   |
| Science Center are responsible    |                                   |
| for the District of Columbia and  |                                   |
| the following states: Maine, New  |                                   |
| Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode   |                                   |
| Island, Connecticut, New York,    |                                   |
| New Jersey, Pennsylvania,         |                                   |
| Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and |                                   |
| North Carolina; and the inland    |                                   |
| states of Vermont, Minnesota,     |                                   |
| Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois,    |                                   |
| Indiana, Ohio, and West Virginia. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.nero.noaa.gov/nero/>  |                                   |
| and <http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/>  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Elevation Mapping**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Center works with state and   |                                   |
| local officials to collect and    |                                   |
| distribute high-resolution        |                                   |
| topographic and bathymetric data  |                                   |
| sets. The Center worked with the  |                                   |
| private sector to acquire new     |                                   |
| light detection and ranging       |                                   |
| (lidar) and Interferometric       |                                   |
| Synthetic Aperture Radar (IfSAR)  |                                   |
| data for coastal management       |                                   |
| applications such as the analysis |                                   |
| of storm surge and storm          |                                   |
| inundation, erosion, and habitat  |                                   |
| mapping. The Center also worked   |                                   |
| with state and federal partners   |                                   |
| to share costs and find multiple  |                                   |
| uses for coastal lidar and IfSAR  |                                   |
| data sets.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc                  |                                   |
| .noaa.gov/crs/tcm/]{.underline}]( |                                   |
| http://www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/tcm/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Inundation              |                                   |
| Visualizations**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Inundation from tropical storms   |                                   |
| (nor'easters) poses a significant |                                   |
| threat to coastal regions in the  |                                   |
| Northeast. High-resolution        |                                   |
| visualization tools designed to   |                                   |
| help identify areas at risk of    |                                   |
| flooding are being developed for  |                                   |
| pilot locations in Scituate,      |                                   |
| Massachusetts, and Saco, Maine.   |                                   |
| The NOAA North Atlantic Regional  |                                   |
| Team has partnered with the       |                                   |
| National Weather Service to       |                                   |
| create a series of inundation     |                                   |
| layers using a GIS, as well as    |                                   |
| Google Internet applications, to  |                                   |
| illustrate potential flood        |                                   |
| inundation for real-time,         |                                   |
| forecast, hindcast, and           |                                   |
| scenario-based water levels.      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Management Fellowship** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The NOAA Coastal Management       |                                   |
| Fellowship matches postgraduate   |                                   |
| students with state coastal zone  |                                   |
| programs to work on two-year      |                                   |
| projects proposed by the state.   |                                   |
| The Connecticut Department of     |                                   |
| Environmental Protection Office   |                                   |
| of Long Island Sound Programs has |                                   |
| hosted five fellows:              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.csc.noaa.             |                                   |
| gov/cms/fellows.html]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Magazine**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| This bimonthly trade publication  |                                   |
| focuses on efforts by local,      |                                   |
| state, and nonprofit              |                                   |
| organizations to address coastal  |                                   |
| issues. Recent articles featuring |                                   |
| programs in Connecticut include:  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Connecticut Managers Tag      |                                   |
|     Drivers to Help Preserve the  |                                   |
|     Sound -- May/June 2000        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Educating Local Land Use      |                                   |
|     Decision Makers to Improve    |                                   |
|     Water Quality in Connecticut  |                                   |
|     -- January/February 2001      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Successful Connecticut Flag   |                                   |
|     Program Cut Short by Nature   |                                   |
|     -- March/April 2001           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Connecticut's Dedication to   |                                   |
|     Wetland Restoration --        |                                   |
|     March/April 2003              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Storm Water Management        |                                   |
|     Putting Real Life to the Test |                                   |
|     in Connecticut --             |                                   |
|     January/February 2004         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Using GIS to Improve the Big  |                                   |
|     Picture in Connecticut --     |                                   |
|     September/October 2005        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Website Helps Build Planning  |                                   |
|     Capacity of Connecticut       |                                   |
|     Communities --                |                                   |
|     September/October 2007        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Endangered Species: How State |                                   |
|     Laws are Aiding Connecticut   |                                   |
|     and Massachusetts --          |                                   |
|     March/April 2008              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc.n                |                                   |
| oaa.gov/magazine/]{.underline}](h |                                   |
| ttp://www.csc.noaa.gov/magazine/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Land Cover Mapping**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Nothing provides a big-picture    |                                   |
| view of land cover status better  |                                   |
| than these maps, which are        |                                   |
| developed using remote sensing    |                                   |
| technology. The Center has        |                                   |
| baseline land cover data for most |                                   |
| of the coastal zone. The goal is  |                                   |
| to update the imagery every five  |                                   |
| years to also provide a means of  |                                   |
| detecting change or trends.       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc.noa              |                                   |
| a.gov/landcover/]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.csc.noaa.gov/landcover/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Legislative Atlas**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| This Web-based legislative        |                                   |
| mapping tool provides coastal     |                                   |
| resource managers with easy       |                                   |
| access to coastal legislative     |                                   |
| data and information. In 2008 the |                                   |
| Legislative Atlas team added      |                                   |
| additional legislative            |                                   |
| information for the three regions |                                   |
| represented in the                |                                   |
| atlas---Hawaii, West Coast, and   |                                   |
| the Gulf of Maine. This added     |                                   |
| information included both federal |                                   |
| and state regulations. The        |                                   |
| legislative query tool is also    |                                   |
| being redesigned according to     |                                   |
| user input.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://www.csc.noaa.gov/legislat |                                   |
| iveatlas/]{.underline}](http://ww |                                   |
| w.csc.noaa.gov/legislativeatlas/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Training**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Center provides training to   |                                   |
| the coastal resource managers of  |                                   |
| the nation in three focus areas:  |                                   |
| geospatial technology, coastal    |                                   |
| management, and building process  |                                   |
| skills. Training can take place   |                                   |
| at the Center's training facility |                                   |
| for some courses but most often   |                                   |
| is taken to coastal managers in   |                                   |
| the field. Recent courses         |                                   |
| delivered to programs in          |                                   |
| Connecticut include Coastal       |                                   |
| Applications of ArcGIS and Remote |                                   |
| Sensing for Spatial Analysts      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc.noaa.g           |                                   |
| ov/bins/resources/training.html]{ |                                   |
| .underline}](http://www.csc.noaa. |                                   |
| gov/bins/resources/training.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service (NWS)  |                                   |
| and Office of Oceanic and         |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Incident Meteorologist Program  |                                   |
| and Earth Systems Research        |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fire Weather Services and       |                                   |
| Support**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The National Weather Service      |                                   |
| (NWS) fire weather forecasters    |                                   |
| are called Incident               |                                   |
| Meteorologists (IMETS). When a    |                                   |
| fire reaches a large, enough size |                                   |
| the IMETS are called out to the   |                                   |
| fire to provide constant weather  |                                   |
| updates and forecast briefings to |                                   |
| the fire incident commanders at   |                                   |
| the fire. The IMETS are very      |                                   |
| important members of the fire     |                                   |
| fighting team, as changes in the  |                                   |
| fires are largely due to changes  |                                   |
| in the weather. To improve NWS    |                                   |
| fire weather services to the      |                                   |
| public, NOAA's Earth System       |                                   |
| Research Laboratory (ESRL)        |                                   |
| conducts modeling,                |                                   |
| instrumentation and data services |                                   |
| research. ESRL data dissemination |                                   |
| and display systems are designed  |                                   |
| to be used by trained             |                                   |
| meteorologists, the US Forest     |                                   |
| Service, and the Bureau of Land   |                                   |
| Management. For example, the      |                                   |
| FX-Net thin client system and the |                                   |
| Gridded FX-Net full function      |                                   |
| system are ESRL-developed         |                                   |
| software systems that are a       |                                   |
| critical part of the equipment    |                                   |
| the IMETS bring with them. NWS    |                                   |
| forecasters at fires in all 50    |                                   |
| states use these mobile,          |                                   |
| PC--based software packages.      |                                   |
| Computer servers that communicate |                                   |
| with the mobile PC clients are    |                                   |
| located in Hawaii, Alaska, Utah,  |                                   |
| Colorado, Texas and New York.     |                                   |
| State emergency managers in many  |                                   |
| of the NWS regional areas also    |                                   |
| use the PC-base clients. Other    |                                   |
| collaborators who work to improve |                                   |
| NWS fire weather services include |                                   |
| the University of Colorado in     |                                   |
| Boulder (CU), NCAR and private    |                                   |
| sector instrumentation companies. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Program Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Connecticut Grants**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA is a leading provider of     |                                   |
| climate, weather, and water       |                                   |
| information and services to the   |                                   |
| nation and the world. NOAA's      |                                   |
| Climate Program Office was        |                                   |
| established in October 2005. The  |                                   |
| Office manages the competitive    |                                   |
| research program by which NOAA    |                                   |
| funds high-priority climate       |                                   |
| science to advance understanding  |                                   |
| of atmospheric, oceanic,          |                                   |
| land-based, and snow and ice      |                                   |
| processes, and how they affect    |                                   |
| climate. It focuses on developing |                                   |
| a broader user community for      |                                   |
| climate products and services,    |                                   |
| provides NOAA a focal point for   |                                   |
| climate activities within NOAA,   |                                   |
| leads NOAA climate education and  |                                   |
| outreach activities, and          |                                   |
| coordinates international climate |                                   |
| activities. It supports projects  |                                   |
| across the nation conducted by    |                                   |
| investigators outside the federal |                                   |
| government, such as the through   |                                   |
| the academic and private sectors, |                                   |
| within the federal government,    |                                   |
| and in NOAA Cooperative           |                                   |
| Institutes. The Climate Program   |                                   |
| Office provides climate funding   |                                   |
| in this state.                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http                             |                                   |
| ://www.cpo.noaa.gov/]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Sea Grant College      |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Connecticut Sea Grant College   |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA's National Sea Grant College |                                   |
| Program is a federal-university   |                                   |
| partnership that integrates       |                                   |
| research, education, and outreach |                                   |
| (extension and communications).   |                                   |
| Sea Grant forms a network of 32   |                                   |
| programs in all U.S. coastal and  |                                   |
| Great Lakes states, Puerto Rico   |                                   |
| and Guam. Connecticut Sea Grant   |                                   |
| supports the wise use and         |                                   |
| conservation of marine and        |                                   |
| coastal resources through         |                                   |
| research, technology transfer,    |                                   |
| and education in its statewide    |                                   |
| program. Current research targets |                                   |
| estuaries and ecosystem health,   |                                   |
| with a particular emphasis on     |                                   |
| projects with relevance to the    |                                   |
| Long Island Sound and its         |                                   |
| watershed, including aquaculture, |                                   |
| biotechnology, invasive species,  |                                   |
| water quality, and fisheries.     |                                   |
| Connecticut\'s Sea Grant          |                                   |
| Extension professionals           |                                   |
| collaborate with industry and     |                                   |
| conduct outreach activities in    |                                   |
| the target research areas. The    |                                   |
| program\'s Education Coordinator  |                                   |
| works with aquaria and other      |                                   |
| educational institutions          |                                   |
| throughout the state to develop   |                                   |
| K-12 marine science curricula.    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://ww                       |                                   |
| w.seagrant.uconn.edu]{.underline} |                                   |
| ](http://www.seagrant.uconn.edu/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***CT-1***                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Hartford***                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Connecticut Coastal Management  |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Connecticut Office of Long    |                                   |
| Island Sound Programs within the  |                                   |
| Department of Environmental       |                                   |
| Protection administers the        |                                   |
| Connecticut Coastal Management    |                                   |
| Program. Connecticut has a        |                                   |
| two-tiered coastal zone. The      |                                   |
| first tier \"Coastal Boundary\"   |                                   |
| generally extends inland 1,000    |                                   |
| feet from the shore. The second   |                                   |
| tier \"Coastal Area\" includes    |                                   |
| all of the state's thirty-six     |                                   |
| coastal municipalities. The       |                                   |
| coastal program oversees          |                                   |
| regulatory, planning, technical   |                                   |
| assistance, outreach, and         |                                   |
| consistency activities to address |                                   |
| a broad range of community        |                                   |
| development, economic, and        |                                   |
| natural resource issues at the    |                                   |
| state and local level within the  |                                   |
| coastal zone. Coastal zone        |                                   |
| management has been a Connecticut |                                   |
| success story. All along the      |                                   |
| coastline, there has been a       |                                   |
| renaissance of urban waterfront   |                                   |
| development that has been both    |                                   |
| environmentally sound and         |                                   |
| economically beneficial to        |                                   |
| coastal municipalities. At the    |                                   |
| same time, great strides have     |                                   |
| been made in protecting fragile   |                                   |
| natural resources, preserving and |                                   |
| encouraging water dependent       |                                   |
| activities, restoring wetlands,   |                                   |
| and providing public access to    |                                   |
| the coast.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://coastalm                 |                                   |
| anagement.noaa.gov/mystate/ct.htm |                                   |
| l]{.underline}](http://coastalman |                                   |
| agement.noaa.gov/mystate/ct.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***CT-2***                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Avery Point***                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean Exploration and |                                   |
| Research**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for the North Atlantic   |                                   |
| and Great Lakes**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Ocean           |                                   |
| Exploration and Research focuses  |                                   |
| on exploration, advanced undersea |                                   |
| technology development, research  |                                   |
| of extreme and unique             |                                   |
| environments, continental shelf   |                                   |
| ecosystems, new ocean resources,  |                                   |
| and ocean dynamics, and the       |                                   |
| communication of results to       |                                   |
| various audiences through         |                                   |
| education and outreach. NOAA's    |                                   |
| Undersea Research Center for the  |                                   |
| North Atlantic and Great Lakes,   |                                   |
| based at the University of        |                                   |
| Connecticut, is one of six        |                                   |
| undersea centers established by   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Undersea Research Program |                                   |
| (NURP) to provide the research    |                                   |
| community access to advanced      |                                   |
| underwater technologies. The      |                                   |
| center supports undersea research |                                   |
| off the northeastern coast of the |                                   |
| U.S. and in the Laurentian Great  |                                   |
| Lakes, with a focus on ecosystem  |                                   |
| response to human induced stress  |                                   |
| such as fishing and pollution and |                                   |
| the role of habitat in sustaining |                                   |
| fisheries and biological          |                                   |
| diversity. The center\'s mission  |                                   |
| is to advance understanding of    |                                   |
| the oceans and Great Lakes by     |                                   |
| providing researchers access to   |                                   |
| specialized underwater            |                                   |
| technologies, developing new ways |                                   |
| to work underwater and promoting  |                                   |
| the underwater world.             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.nurp.noaa.gov and     |                                   |
| http://www.oc                     |                                   |
| eanexplorer.noaa.gov]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***CT-2, 4***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***New London, Bridgeport***      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for Operational          |                                   |
| Oceanographic Products and        |                                   |
| Services**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Water Level            |                                   |
| Observation Network**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The National Ocean Service (NOS)  |                                   |
| operates two long-term            |                                   |
| continuously operating tide       |                                   |
| stations in the state of          |                                   |
| Connecticut, which provide data   |                                   |
| and information on tidal datum    |                                   |
| and relative sea level trends,    |                                   |
| and are capable of producing      |                                   |
| real-time data for storm surge    |                                   |
| warning. These stations are       |                                   |
| located at New London and         |                                   |
| Bridgeport.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://tidesna                  |                                   |
| ndcurrents.noaa.gov]{.underline}] |                                   |
| (http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***CT-3***                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Milford***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Northeast Fisheries Science     |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Milford Laboratory**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Milford Laboratory was        |                                   |
| established in 1931. Present      |                                   |
| research emphasizes aquaculture,  |                                   |
| near shore fish and shellfish     |                                   |
| habitat, and diseases in fish and |                                   |
| shellfish. The aquaculture        |                                   |
| program includes studies of the   |                                   |
| culture of fish and shellfish and |                                   |
| development of methods suitable   |                                   |
| for commercial use or for stock   |                                   |
| enhancement and restoration.      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[                                |                                   |
| http://mi.nefsc.noaa.gov/]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://mi.nefsc.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Northeast Region**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Habitat Conservation Division   |                                   |
| Milford Field Office**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Housed at the Milford Laboratory, |                                   |
| this office provides local        |                                   |
| support for NMFS habitat          |                                   |
| conservation efforts. It provides |                                   |
| consultative services for Federal |                                   |
| activities and Federally          |                                   |
| permitted activities that could   |                                   |
| affect living marine resources or |                                   |
| the habitats upon which they      |                                   |
| depend.                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www                      |                                   |
| .nero.noaa.gov/nero/]{.underline} |                                   |
| ](http://www.nero.noaa.gov/nero/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***New Haven***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for Operational          |                                   |
| Oceanographic Products and        |                                   |
| Services**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **New Haven Harbor PORTS®**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| A Physical Oceanographic          |                                   |
| Real-Time System (PORTS®) is      |                                   |
| operated cooperatively with the   |                                   |
| local maritime community in New   |                                   |
| Haven Harbor at which real-time   |                                   |
| data are quality-controlled and   |                                   |
| disseminated to local users for   |                                   |
| safe and efficient navigation.    |                                   |
| Real-time data are available for  |                                   |
| water level and meteorological    |                                   |
| data from one location.           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.tidesa               |                                   |
| ndcurrents.noaa.gov]{.underline}] |                                   |
| (http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
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| **NOAA's Office of Legislative    |                                   |
| Affairs**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Tel: 202-482-4981               |                                   |
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| tp://www.legislative.noaa.gov](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.legislative.noaa.gov/)** |                                   |
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