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| **NOAA In Your State**            |                                   |
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| **Florida**                       |                                   |
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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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| ***FL***                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Coastal***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast Fisheries Science     |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fishery Statistics Office**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Field agents serve as the         |                                   |
| principle data collection agent   |                                   |
| for marine fisheries throughout   |                                   |
| the Southeast U.S. (NC-TX). They  |                                   |
| implement and coordinate surveys  |                                   |
| involving the collection of       |                                   |
| fishery related data from the     |                                   |
| public. Responsibilities and      |                                   |
| functions are to develop,         |                                   |
| implement, operate, and manage an |                                   |
| integrated fishery statistical    |                                   |
| data acquisition program for      |                                   |
| research and fishery management.  |                                   |
| SEFSC is the headquarters for the |                                   |
| Southeast Port Agent program.     |                                   |
| Field agents are stationed in     |                                   |
| Miami, New Smyrna Beach,          |                                   |
| Tequesta, Key West, Ft. Myers,    |                                   |
| St. Petersburg, and Panama City.  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for Operational          |                                   |
| Oceanographic Products and        |                                   |
| Services**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Water Level            |                                   |
| Observation Network**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOS operates 16 long-term         |                                   |
| continuously operating tide       |                                   |
| stations in the state of Florida  |                                   |
| 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 Fernandina Beach,      |                                   |
| Mayport, St Augustine Beach,      |                                   |
| Trident Submarine Base Pier,      |                                   |
| Virginia Key, Vaca Key, Key West, |                                   |
| Naples, Fort Myers, St.           |                                   |
| Petersburg, Clearwater Beach,     |                                   |
| Cedar Key, Apalachicola, Panama   |                                   |
| City, Panama City Beach, and      |                                   |
| Pensacola.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The NWLON stations are            |                                   |
| supplemented by 112 cooperative   |                                   |
| stations operated by the Florida  |                                   |
| Department of Environmental       |                                   |
| Protection on the St. Johns River |                                   |
| and Intracoastal Waterway (ICWW)  |                                   |
| in northeast Florida. The         |                                   |
| stations provide data and         |                                   |
| information on tidal datum and    |                                   |
| relative sea level trends, and    |                                   |
| are capable of producing          |                                   |
| real-time data for storm surge    |                                   |
| warning. The stations are located |                                   |
| on the St. Johns River at:        |                                   |
| Mayport Naval Station (2 sites),  |                                   |
| Main Street Bridge, I-295 Bridge, |                                   |
| Red Bay Point, Racy Point,        |                                   |
| Buffalo Bluff, and Palatka. Sites |                                   |
| on the ICWW are: Vilano Beach,    |                                   |
| State Road 312, Crescent Beach,   |                                   |
| and Bings Landing.                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [ht                               |                                   |
| tp://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov](h |                                   |
| ttp://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Integrated Ocean Observing      |                                   |
| System (IOOS) Program**           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **IOOS Regional Association**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Southeast Coastal Ocean       |                                   |
| Observing Regional Association    |                                   |
| (SECOORA) is one of 11 Regional   |                                   |
| Associations being established    |                                   |
| through IOOS. SECOORA is to be    |                                   |
| designed and operated to provide  |                                   |
| data, information and products on |                                   |
| marine and estuarine systems.     |                                   |
| Information will be provided to   |                                   |
| users in a common manner and      |                                   |
| according to sound scientific     |                                   |
| practice.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://secoora.org/]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Integrated Ocean Observing      |                                   |
| System (IOOS) Program**           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **IOOS Regional Association**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean  |                                   |
| Observing System (GCOOS) is one   |                                   |
| of 11 Regional Associations being |                                   |
| established through IOOS. GCOOS   |                                   |
| seeks to establish a sustained    |                                   |
| observing system for the Gulf of  |                                   |
| Mexico to provide observations    |                                   |
| and products needed by users in   |                                   |
| the region for the purposes of    |                                   |
| detecting and predicting climate  |                                   |
| variability and consequences,     |                                   |
| preserving and restoring healthy  |                                   |
| marine ecosystems, ensuring human |                                   |
| health, managing resources,       |                                   |
| facilitating safe and efficient   |                                   |
| marine transportation, enhancing  |                                   |
| national security, and predicting |                                   |
| and mitigating against coastal    |                                   |
| hazards.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://gcoos.tamu.edu/>          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coral Reef Conservation         |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Florida Reef Tract extends    |                                   |
| from the southeast Florida coast  |                                   |
| through the Keys and out to       |                                   |
| Tortugas Banks. These reefs are   |                                   |
| subject to increased physical and |                                   |
| biological stress due to high     |                                   |
| density population in the area.   |                                   |
| The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation  |                                   |
| Program (CRCP) conducts mapping,  |                                   |
| assessment and characterization,  |                                   |
| and monitoring activities in each |                                   |
| U.S. jurisdiction with coral      |                                   |
| reefs. Shallow-water seafloor     |                                   |
| habitat is currently being mapped |                                   |
| for Florida, with potential for   |                                   |
| extensive coral reef coral reef   |                                   |
| area on the West Florida shelf.   |                                   |
| The CRCP also conducts research   |                                   |
| to better understand coral reef   |                                   |
| structure, function, and health.  |                                   |
| Each U.S. jurisdiction receives   |                                   |
| coral reef grants annually to     |                                   |
| conduct research, monitoring, and |                                   |
| management activities and in      |                                   |
| addition have developed Local     |                                   |
| Action Strategies to promote      |                                   |
| effective local management of     |                                   |
| coral reefs. A coral reef status  |                                   |
| report is produced every 2-3      |                                   |
| years based on monitoring and     |                                   |
| research conducted in each        |                                   |
| jurisdiction. The CRCP also       |                                   |
| strives to increase the use and   |                                   |
| effectiveness of coral reef       |                                   |
| Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) as  |                                   |
| a management tool.                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.coralreef.noaa.gov    |                                   |
| ](http://www.coralreef.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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 Florida. 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.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://nctr.pmel.noaa            |                                   |
| .gov](http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***South Florida Coastline***     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Atlantic Oceanographic and      |                                   |
| Meteorological Laboratory**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coral Reef Watch Environmental  |                                   |
| Monitoring**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Coral Reef Watch program is a |                                   |
| collaborative effort between      |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Atlantic Oceanographic    |                                   |
| and Meteorological Laboratory     |                                   |
| (AOML) and NOAA\'s National       |                                   |
| Environmental Satellite, Data,    |                                   |
| and Information Service (NESDIS). |                                   |
| Remote monitoring stations in the |                                   |
| Florida Keys, Bahamas, American   |                                   |
| Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.  |                                   |
| Virgin Islands continually        |                                   |
| observe meteorological and        |                                   |
| oceanographic parameters. These   |                                   |
| data are transmitted to AOML      |                                   |
| where they are processed by       |                                   |
| artificial intelligence-based     |                                   |
| software and compared with        |                                   |
| NESDIS-supplied satellite data.   |                                   |
| The integrated data are used to   |                                   |
| predict, monitor, and model       |                                   |
| incidences of coral bleaching and |                                   |
| other coral-related biological    |                                   |
| events. AOML is also involved in  |                                   |
| FL Keys environmental monitoring. |                                   |
| Since 1992, a network of 7        |                                   |
| monitoring stations in the        |                                   |
| Florida Keys and Florida Bay,     |                                   |
| called C-Man stations, has been   |                                   |
| established through a cooperative |                                   |
| effort between AOML and the       |                                   |
| Florida Institute for             |                                   |
| Oceanography. These stations      |                                   |
| monitor and report meteorological |                                   |
| and oceanographic parameters from |                                   |
| their locations. The data is      |                                   |
| quality controlled and maintained |                                   |
| for distribution at AOML and is   |                                   |
| used by the Florida Keys National |                                   |
| Marine Sanctuary and research     |                                   |
| scientists to monitor and study   |                                   |
| coral-reef-related issues such as |                                   |
| coral bleaching. Local mariners   |                                   |
| and recreational fishermen have   |                                   |
| also found the data to be useful  |                                   |
| in planning their excursions.     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www                       |                                   |
| .coral.noaa.gov/crews/index.shtml |                                   |
| or                                |                                   |
| http://www.coral.noaa.gov         |                                   |
| /seakeys/index.shtml]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Atlantic Oceanographic and      |                                   |
| Meteorological Laboratory**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Florida Area Coastal            |                                   |
| Environment Initiative**          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Atlantic Oceanographic    |                                   |
| and Meteorological Laboratory     |                                   |
| conducts studies on anthropogenic |                                   |
| waste disposal along the Florida  |                                   |
| coast, including areas in         |                                   |
| proximity to coral reefs.         |                                   |
| Disposed sewage effluents and     |                                   |
| dredged materials are tracked     |                                   |
| from the time of disposal through |                                   |
| long-term transport and           |                                   |
| deposition for their potential    |                                   |
| environmental impacts. Excessive  |                                   |
| sedimentation on coral reefs can  |                                   |
| have adverse effects ranging from |                                   |
| growth impairment to mortality.   |                                   |
| Recent efforts have focused upon  |                                   |
| the development of molecular      |                                   |
| genetic based sensor systems      |                                   |
| capable of deployment upon buoys  |                                   |
| and remote platforms to detect    |                                   |
| sewage contamination and harmful  |                                   |
| algal blooms.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [htt                              |                                   |
| p://www.aoml.noaa.gov/oad/poster/ |                                   |
| and                               |                                   |
| http:/                            |                                   |
| /www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/projec |                                   |
| t/ocdkdg_sensor.html]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Atlantic Oceanographic and      |                                   |
| Meteorological Laboratory**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **South Florida Ecosystem         |                                   |
| Restoration Program**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA's South Florida Ecosystem    |                                   |
| Restoration Program, led by the   |                                   |
| Atlantic Oceanographic and        |                                   |
| Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), |                                   |
| seeks to provide requisite        |                                   |
| understanding of Florida Bay and  |                                   |
| the adjacent coastal ecosystems   |                                   |
| to which it is connected to       |                                   |
| support South Florida Ecosystem   |                                   |
| Restoration and Comprehensive     |                                   |
| Everglades Restoration Plan       |                                   |
| decision-making. These programs   |                                   |
| aim to rectify the ecological     |                                   |
| damage done to South Florida and  |                                   |
| the Everglades resulting from     |                                   |
| water diversion projects carried  |                                   |
| out over the past 100 years.      |                                   |
| Within the Interagency Florida    |                                   |
| Bay Science Program, AOML         |                                   |
| scientists conduct and support a  |                                   |
| variety of research and modeling  |                                   |
| projects that complement those of |                                   |
| our agency partners. Drawing upon |                                   |
| NOAA\'s unique institutional      |                                   |
| strengths and emphasizing its     |                                   |
| jurisdictional mandates,          |                                   |
| including the dissemination of    |                                   |
| data and model output             |                                   |
| realizations, AOML is working     |                                   |
| toward the timely prediction of   |                                   |
| environmental consequences of     |                                   |
| alternative restoration projects  |                                   |
| for the South Florida Ecosystem   |                                   |
| Restoration management community. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/sfp/>   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Statewide***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Habitat Program**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Restoration Center**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS Restoration Center works     |                                   |
| with 266 private and public       |                                   |
| partners in Florida to restore    |                                   |
| mangrove forests, oyster bars,    |                                   |
| and submerged aquatic vegetation  |                                   |
| beds; remove invasive species;    |                                   |
| improve storm water management;   |                                   |
| establish wetland buffers; and    |                                   |
| remove marine debris and derelict |                                   |
| fishing gear. Almost 230 projects |                                   |
| have been constructed in the      |                                   |
| State since 1996 and through the  |                                   |
| Community-based Restoration       |                                   |
| Program, 42,500 volunteers have   |                                   |
| contributed their efforts to      |                                   |
| restore coastal habitat. The      |                                   |
| recently completed Clam Bayou     |                                   |
| Project on Sanibel Island         |                                   |
| restores tidal flow to a bayou    |                                   |
| impacted over the years by area   |                                   |
| development. This project will    |                                   |
| benefit more than 100 acres of    |                                   |
| mangrove habitat, more than 20    |                                   |
| acres of oyster bars, and 120     |                                   |
| acres of seagrass beds. Through   |                                   |
| the Damage Assessment Remediation |                                   |
| and Restoration Program, the      |                                   |
| Restoration Center also           |                                   |
| collaborates with other agencies, |                                   |
| industry, and citizens to protect |                                   |
| and restore coastal and marine    |                                   |
| resources in Florida threatened   |                                   |
| or injured by oil spills,         |                                   |
| releases of hazardous substances, |                                   |
| and vessel groundings.            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <h                                |                                   |
| ttp://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast Region**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast 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 to 200 miles off the       |                                   |
| seaward boundaries of coastal     |                                   |
| states). 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).   |                                   |
| The Southeast Regional Office     |                                   |
| (located in Saint Petersburg, FL) |                                   |
| is composed of four divisions:    |                                   |
| (1) Sustainable Fisheries; (2)    |                                   |
| Habitat Conservation; (3)         |                                   |
| Protected Resources; and (4)      |                                   |
| Operations, Management and        |                                   |
| Information, which houses         |                                   |
| constituent services and grants.  |                                   |
| The region manages 175 fish       |                                   |
| species or multispecies complexes |                                   |
| in the Gulf of Mexico, South      |                                   |
| Atlantic, and Caribbean Sea under |                                   |
| 17 fishery management plans.      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Southeast Fisheries Science   |                                   |
| Center is headquartered on        |                                   |
| Virginia Key, Miami, FL. The      |                                   |
| Center is comprised of five NMFS  |                                   |
| Laboratories (Galveston, TX;      |                                   |
| Pascagoula, MS; Panama City, Fl;  |                                   |
| Miami, Fl; and Beaufort, NC) and  |                                   |
| two satellite facilities          |                                   |
| (Lafayette, LA; Stennis Space     |                                   |
| Center, MS) in the region. The    |                                   |
| Center implements a science and   |                                   |
| research program that provides    |                                   |
| information and technology for    |                                   |
| fishery resource conservation;    |                                   |
| habitat conservation, and; the    |                                   |
| recovery of protected and         |                                   |
| endangered species. The Southeast |                                   |
| Regional Office and Science       |                                   |
| Center are responsible for the    |                                   |
| inland states of Arkansas, Iowa,  |                                   |
| Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri,       |                                   |
| Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma,   |                                   |
| and Tennessee, the coastal states |                                   |
| of North Carolina, South          |                                   |
| Carolina, Georgia, Florida,       |                                   |
| Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,  |                                   |
| and Texas, the Commonwealth of    |                                   |
| Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin  |                                   |
| Islands.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://sero.nmfs.noaa            |                                   |
| .gov](http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
| and                               |                                   |
| [http://www.sefsc.noaa            |                                   |
| .gov](http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Benthic Habitat Mapping and     |                                   |
| Classification**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Coastal and Marine Ecological |                                   |
| Classification Standard provides  |                                   |
| a consistent and universally      |                                   |
| applicable coastal habitat        |                                   |
| inventory system. These standards |                                   |
| are being applied to ongoing      |                                   |
| mapping efforts to evaluate their |                                   |
| usefulness as an analytical tool  |                                   |
| in establishing a habitat         |                                   |
| baseline and monitoring ecosystem |                                   |
| changes. Mapping projects in      |                                   |
| Texas and Florida include         |                                   |
| developing a "crosswalk" designed |                                   |
| to demonstrate where specific     |                                   |
| habitat types reside within the   |                                   |
| classification framework.         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate and Weather Impacts on  |                                   |
| Society and the Environment 2     |                                   |
| (CWISE2)**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Organizations involved in this    |                                   |
| four-year cooperative agreement   |                                   |
| are studying the physical,        |                                   |
| socioeconomic, and ecosystem      |                                   |
| impacts of sea-level variability  |                                   |
| and change. These organizations   |                                   |
| are also developing               |                                   |
| decision-support resources to     |                                   |
| help communities from Texas to    |                                   |
| Maryland increase resilience to   |                                   |
| impacts of erosion and inundation |                                   |
| in a scenario of sea-level        |                                   |
| change.                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.csc.no                |                                   |
| aa.gov/climatology/research.html> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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/> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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.   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.csc.noaa.             |                                   |
| gov/cms/fellows.html]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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://]{.underline              |                                   |
| }[www.csc.noaa.gov/landcover/](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://ww                        |                                   |
| w.csc.noaa.gov/legislativeatlas/> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Risk and Vulnerability          |                                   |
| Assessment Tool**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Using the Community Vulnerability |                                   |
| Assessment Tool methodology and   |                                   |
| interactive mapping, this product |                                   |
| helps determine the locations of  |                                   |
| vulnerable people, property, and  |                                   |
| natural resources within Brevard  |                                   |
| and Volusia Counties, Florida,    |                                   |
| and determine ways to increase    |                                   |
| flood protection and reduce flood |                                   |
| risk and insurance premiums.      |                                   |
| Storm surge animations depict     |                                   |
| projected inundation for popular  |                                   |
| locations within these            |                                   |
| communities                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://ww                        |                                   |
| w.csc.noaa.gov/rvat/]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Topographic and Bathymetric     |                                   |
| Applications**                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Center provides information   |                                   |
| about the availability of         |                                   |
| topographic and bathymetric data  |                                   |
| sets and assists coastal managers |                                   |
| in working with these             |                                   |
| sets---particularly in relation   |                                   |
| to storm surge and inundation     |                                   |
| modeling. The current focus of    |                                   |
| this project is on developing a   |                                   |
| data inventory for Texas,         |                                   |
| Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,  |                                   |
| Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North |                                   |
| Carolina, South Carolina, and     |                                   |
| Virginia and guidance documents   |                                   |
| describing the coastal management |                                   |
| applications of topography and    |                                   |
| bathymetry.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <ht                               |                                   |
| tp://www.csc.noaa.gov/topobathy/> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <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 to the  |                                   |
| fire. NWS forecasters at fires in |                                   |
| all 50 states use these mobile    |                                   |
| PC--based client 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)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Atlantic Oceanographic and      |                                   |
| Meteorological Laboratory**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Hurricane Research**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Atlantic Oceanographic and    |                                   |
| Meteorological Laboratory\'s      |                                   |
| Hurricane Research Division (HRD) |                                   |
| located in Miami, FL, conducts    |                                   |
| research to advance the           |                                   |
| understanding and prediction of   |                                   |
| hurricanes and other tropical     |                                   |
| weather. HRD's research is based  |                                   |
| on a combination of models,       |                                   |
| theories, and observations, with  |                                   |
| particular emphasis on data       |                                   |
| obtained with research aircraft.  |                                   |
| These observations are primarily  |                                   |
| collected in our annual field     |                                   |
| program using the two NOAA        |                                   |
| turboprop aircraft and jet        |                                   |
| operated by the NOAA Aircraft     |                                   |
| Operations Center. The goals of   |                                   |
| this research are to advance the  |                                   |
| prediction of tropical cyclone    |                                   |
| intensity change, improve the     |                                   |
| prediction of tropical cyclone    |                                   |
| tracks, improve the understanding |                                   |
| of and ability to predict         |                                   |
| tropical cyclone frequency and    |                                   |
| intensity, and enhance the        |                                   |
| ability to diagnose and predict   |                                   |
| the impact of tropical cyclones   |                                   |
| on life and property.             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://                          |                                   |
| www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/index.html> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Program Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Florida 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)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Chemical Sciences      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Exploring New Observational     |                                   |
| Technologies -- Unmanned Aircraft |                                   |
| Systems**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ESRL is the home of NOAA's UAS    |                                   |
| Project, which is organized into  |                                   |
| three regional test beds          |                                   |
| including the Arctic (AK),        |                                   |
| Pacific (CA and HI), and Gulf     |                                   |
| Coast (FL) test beds. Unmanned    |                                   |
| Aircraft Systems (UAS) are        |                                   |
| expected to revolutionize NOAA's  |                                   |
| ability to monitor the global     |                                   |
| environment, while increasing     |                                   |
| national security, individual     |                                   |
| safety, profits, and economic     |                                   |
| competitiveness for U.S.          |                                   |
| companies. UAS have the potential |                                   |
| to fill critical observation gaps |                                   |
| in climate change research,       |                                   |
| weather and water resources       |                                   |
| forecasting, ecosystem monitoring |                                   |
| and management, and coastal       |                                   |
| mapping. These information gaps   |                                   |
| usually exist over remote and     |                                   |
| often dangerous areas, such as    |                                   |
| the polar regions, the            |                                   |
| mid-oceans, expansive wildlands,  |                                   |
| volcanic islands, and other       |                                   |
| remote reaches of the Earth.      |                                   |
| Manned aircraft flights are not   |                                   |
| advisable in these areas due to   |                                   |
| long flight durations and         |                                   |
| hazardous conditions. This        |                                   |
| project engages industry          |                                   |
| affiliates that developed UAS     |                                   |
| technologies for national defense |                                   |
| and now will apply them for the   |                                   |
| benefit of the global             |                                   |
| environment.                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://uas.noaa.gov/>            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Chemical Sciences      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Exploring New Observational     |                                   |
| Technologies -- Unmanned Aircraft |                                   |
| Systems**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ESRL is the home of NOAA's UAS    |                                   |
| Project, which is organized into  |                                   |
| three regional test beds          |                                   |
| including the Arctic (AK),        |                                   |
| Pacific (CA and HI), and Gulf     |                                   |
| Coast (FL) test beds. Unmanned    |                                   |
| Aircraft Systems (UAS) are        |                                   |
| expected to revolutionize NOAA's  |                                   |
| ability to monitor the global     |                                   |
| environment, while increasing     |                                   |
| national security, individual     |                                   |
| safety, profits, and economic     |                                   |
| competitiveness for U.S.          |                                   |
| companies. UAS have the potential |                                   |
| to fill critical observation gaps |                                   |
| in climate change research,       |                                   |
| weather and water resources       |                                   |
| forecasting, ecosystem monitoring |                                   |
| and management, and coastal       |                                   |
| mapping. These information gaps   |                                   |
| usually exist over remote and     |                                   |
| often dangerous areas, such as    |                                   |
| the polar regions, the            |                                   |
| mid-oceans, expansive wildlands,  |                                   |
| volcanic islands, and other       |                                   |
| remote reaches of the Earth.      |                                   |
| Manned aircraft flights are not   |                                   |
| advisable in these areas due to   |                                   |
| long flight durations and         |                                   |
| hazardous conditions. This        |                                   |
| project engages industry          |                                   |
| affiliates that developed UAS     |                                   |
| technologies for national defense |                                   |
| and now will apply them for the   |                                   |
| benefit of the global             |                                   |
| environment.                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://uas.noaa.gov/>            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Systems         |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Exploring New Observational     |                                   |
| Technologies -- Unmanned Aircraft |                                   |
| Systems**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ESRL is the home of NOAA's UAS    |                                   |
| Project, which is organized into  |                                   |
| three regional test beds          |                                   |
| including the Arctic (AK),        |                                   |
| Pacific (CA and HI), and Gulf     |                                   |
| Coast (FL) test beds. Unmanned    |                                   |
| Aircraft Systems (UAS) are        |                                   |
| expected to revolutionize NOAA's  |                                   |
| ability to monitor the global     |                                   |
| environment, while increasing     |                                   |
| national security, individual     |                                   |
| safety, profits, and economic     |                                   |
| competitiveness for U.S.          |                                   |
| companies. UAS have the potential |                                   |
| to fill critical observation gaps |                                   |
| in climate change research,       |                                   |
| weather and water resources       |                                   |
| forecasting, ecosystem monitoring |                                   |
| and management, and coastal       |                                   |
| mapping. This project engages     |                                   |
| industry affiliates that          |                                   |
| developed UAS technologies for    |                                   |
| national defense and now will     |                                   |
| apply them for the benefit of the |                                   |
| global environment.               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://uas.noaa.gov/>            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Systems         |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Ground -Based GPS Meteorology** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Earth System Research         |                                   |
| Laboratory maintains the          |                                   |
| Ground-Based GPS Meteorology      |                                   |
| project, currently consisting of  |                                   |
| 400 GPS water vapor observing     |                                   |
| systems that provide near         |                                   |
| real-time integrated precipitable |                                   |
| water vapor (IPW) measurements    |                                   |
| for weather forecasting, climate  |                                   |
| modeling, calibration and         |                                   |
| validation of satellite and       |                                   |
| radiosonde water vapor            |                                   |
| measurements, and research. This  |                                   |
| project provides water vapor data |                                   |
| available to all users.           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://                          |                                   |
| www.gpsmet.noaa.gov/jsp/raob.jsp> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Physical Sciences      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Wind Profiler Support for the   |                                   |
| Tethered Aerostat Radar System**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Earth System Research     |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) is working with |                                   |
| the Air Force to install a        |                                   |
| network of 915-MHz radar wind     |                                   |
| profilers (RWP) along the         |                                   |
| southern border of the United     |                                   |
| States to support the Tethered    |                                   |
| Aerostat Radar System (TARS).     |                                   |
| TARS is a network of tethered,    |                                   |
| balloon-borne, downward-looking   |                                   |
| radars whose mission is to        |                                   |
| provide surveillance data in      |                                   |
| support of federal agencies       |                                   |
| involved in the nation\'s drug    |                                   |
| interdiction program. Currently   |                                   |
| there are 11 TARS sites across    |                                   |
| the southern United States, from  |                                   |
| the west to the east coast. These |                                   |
| balloons or aerostats are         |                                   |
| susceptible to hazardous wind     |                                   |
| shear events. ESRL profilers      |                                   |
| support TARS by detecting those   |                                   |
| shear events. The same wind       |                                   |
| profiler technology is also used  |                                   |
| in the NOAA Profiler Network      |                                   |
| (NPN) to provide hourly wind      |                                   |
| profile data to the National      |                                   |
| Weather Service (NWS),            |                                   |
| environmental research groups,    |                                   |
| and Universities.                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <h                                |                                   |
| ttp://www.profiler.noaa.gov/npn/> |                                   |
| and                               |                                   |
| <http://www.es                    |                                   |
| rl.noaa.gov/psd/technology/tars/> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Sea Grant College      |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Florida Sea Grant 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. The Florida Sea Grant   |                                   |
| College Program, based at the     |                                   |
| University of Florida, focuses    |                                   |
| research on marine biotechnology, |                                   |
| fisheries, aquaculture, seafood   |                                   |
| safety, coastal ecosystem health, |                                   |
| water quality, boating and        |                                   |
| waterways, coastal habitat, and   |                                   |
| coastal hazards. In conjunction   |                                   |
| with its research, Florida Sea    |                                   |
| Grant also provides support to    |                                   |
| graduate education. Citizens,     |                                   |
| industry and policy makers are    |                                   |
| kept informed on a variety of     |                                   |
| marine and coastal issues,        |                                   |
| ranging from safe navigation to   |                                   |
| seafood quality and safety,       |                                   |
| through a cadre of more than 20   |                                   |
| marine extension agents and       |                                   |
| specialists serving the 35        |                                   |
| coastal counties of Florida.      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.flseagrant            |                                   |
| .org](http://www.flseagrant.org/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***FL- 1***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Niceville***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Field Office**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Law Enforcement |                                   |
| is dedicated primarily to the     |                                   |
| enforcement of laws that protect  |                                   |
| and regulate our nation's living  |                                   |
| marine resources and their        |                                   |
| natural habitat. Office for Law   |                                   |
| Enforcement special agents and    |                                   |
| enforcement officers have         |                                   |
| specified authority to enforce    |                                   |
| over 37 statutes, as well as      |                                   |
| numerous treaties related to the  |                                   |
| conservation and protection of    |                                   |
| marine resources and other        |                                   |
| matters of concern to NOAA.       |                                   |
| Stretching across the Gulf of     |                                   |
| Mexico, up the eastern seaboard   |                                   |
| from the Florida Keys to the      |                                   |
| northern shore of North Carolina  |                                   |
| and covering United States        |                                   |
| territorial waters in the         |                                   |
| Caribbean, the Southeast          |                                   |
| Enforcement Division\'s           |                                   |
| responsibility is vast beyond     |                                   |
| measure. The Southeast Division   |                                   |
| is home to the nation\'s large    |                                   |
| shrimp trawl fishery, and is      |                                   |
| widely known for its vast coral   |                                   |
| reefs fisheries, turtle beaches,  |                                   |
| and highly prized saltwater       |                                   |
| gamefish. Georgian waters also    |                                   |
| play host to the calving grounds  |                                   |
| for the approximately 350         |                                   |
| endangered Northern Right whales, |                                   |
| while Floridian waters hold the   |                                   |
| only continental coral reef in    |                                   |
| the United States. The Division   |                                   |
| is also responsible for           |                                   |
| enforcement activities within the |                                   |
| Florida Keys, Flower Garden Bank, |                                   |
| the Monitor and Gray's Reef       |                                   |
| National Marine Sanctuaries.      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.nmf                   |                                   |
| s.noaa.gov/ole/se_southeast.html> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***FL- 2***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Apalachicola***                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Apalachicola Bay National       |                                   |
| Estuarine Research Reserve**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located in the Florida panhandle, |                                   |
| the Apalachicola Bay basin is a   |                                   |
| wonder of natural diversity,      |                                   |
| featuring 1,162 plant species,    |                                   |
| 315 species of birds, over 180    |                                   |
| species of fresh, estuarine and   |                                   |
| saltwater fish, and 57 species of |                                   |
| mammals, as well as the greatest  |                                   |
| assortment of amphibians and      |                                   |
| reptiles in North America above   |                                   |
| Mexico. The Reserve was           |                                   |
| designated in 1979, consists of   |                                   |
| 246,000 acres managed by the      |                                   |
| Florida Department of             |                                   |
| Environmental Protection. Under   |                                   |
| the guidance of a 6-member        |                                   |
| advisory council of local and     |                                   |
| state appointments, long-term     |                                   |
| monitoring of physical, chemical  |                                   |
| and biological parameters         |                                   |
| important to estuarine            |                                   |
| productivity are carried out. The |                                   |
| Reserve also is noted for         |                                   |
| valuable research on threatened   |                                   |
| sea turtles and for migratory     |                                   |
| bird nest protection and          |                                   |
| monitoring. A wide range of       |                                   |
| activities educates and engages   |                                   |
| visitors.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://nerrs.no                  |                                   |
| aa.gov/Apalachicola/]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Panama City***                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Habitat Conservation Division** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Panama City Field Office**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Panama City Field Office is   |                                   |
| located in the Panama City        |                                   |
| Laboratory of NMFS' Southeast     |                                   |
| Fisheries Science Center. This    |                                   |
| office oversees NMFS' habitat     |                                   |
| protection programs in            |                                   |
| Mississippi, Alabama, and west    |                                   |
| coast Florida, and in the         |                                   |
| adjacent waters of the Gulf of    |                                   |
| Mexico. In addition to conducting |                                   |
| mandated essential fish habitat   |                                   |
| consultations associated with     |                                   |
| extensive energy and coastal      |                                   |
| development activities, the       |                                   |
| Panama City Field Office          |                                   |
| participates in state and         |                                   |
| regional habitat planning and     |                                   |
| restoration efforts, provides     |                                   |
| assistance during hazardous       |                                   |
| material incidents and hurricane  |                                   |
| events, and participates in the   |                                   |
| planning processes for major      |                                   |
| federal water development         |                                   |
| projects.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http:                            |                                   |
| //sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/hcd/hcd.htm> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast Fisheries Science     |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Panama City Laboratory**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Panama City Laboratory        |                                   |
| conducts research critical for    |                                   |
| the management of fisheries and   |                                   |
| habitats of the South Atlantic    |                                   |
| and Gulf of Mexico such as reef   |                                   |
| fishes (snappers, groupers,       |                                   |
| tilefishes, and others), coastal  |                                   |
| pelagic fishes (gulf and Spanish  |                                   |
| mackerels), and sharks (coastal   |                                   |
| and pelagic species), as well as  |                                   |
| on inshore and offshore seagrass  |                                   |
| beds, reef systems, and other     |                                   |
| essential fish habitats for these |                                   |
| groups. Specific research         |                                   |
| activities focus on distribution, |                                   |
| abundance, movement, migration,   |                                   |
| stock identification,             |                                   |
| predator-prey relations, age and  |                                   |
| growth, reproductive biology and  |                                   |
| recruitment. The laboratory also  |                                   |
| conducts research on marine       |                                   |
| protected areas, and threatened   |                                   |
| and endangered species.           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <htt                              |                                   |
| p://www.sefscpanamalab.noaa.gov/> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast Fisheries Science     |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Shark Fishery Observer          |                                   |
| Programs**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The shark bottom longline         |                                   |
| observer programs covers vessel   |                                   |
| fishing in the U.S. Atlantic      |                                   |
| Ocean and Gulf of Mexico,         |                                   |
| primarily in US waters from North |                                   |
| Carolina through Texas. The shark |                                   |
| gillnet observer program          |                                   |
| primarily monitors vessels off    |                                   |
| east Florida and Georgia, and     |                                   |
| more recently in the Gulf of      |                                   |
| Mexico and North Carolina. The    |                                   |
| program is coordinated out of     |                                   |
| Southeast Fisheries Science       |                                   |
| Center\'s Panama City Laboratory. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.                      |                                   |
| pclab.noaa.gov/content/60_Observe |                                   |
| r_Programs/Observer_Programs.php> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Tallahassee***                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Geodetic Survey**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Geodetic Advisor**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Geodetic Advisor is a jointly |                                   |
| funded National Ocean Service     |                                   |
| (NOS) employee that resides in    |                                   |
| the state to provide liaison      |                                   |
| between NOS and the host state.   |                                   |
| The Geodetic Advisor guides and   |                                   |
| assists the state\'s charting,    |                                   |
| geodetic and surveying programs   |                                   |
| through technical expertise. This |                                   |
| program also provides technical   |                                   |
| assistance in planning and        |                                   |
| implementing Geographic/Land      |                                   |
| Information System: (GIS/LIS)     |                                   |
| projects.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/ADVISORS |                                   |
| /AdvisorsIndex.shtml]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Florida Coastal Management      |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| A network of eight state agencies |                                   |
| and five water management         |                                   |
| districts administer the Florida  |                                   |
| Coastal Program, together         |                                   |
| enforcing 23 separate statutes.   |                                   |
| The Florida Department of         |                                   |
| Environmental Protection serves   |                                   |
| as the lead agency. The Florida   |                                   |
| coastal zone is the entire state  |                                   |
| but the coastal zone is divided   |                                   |
| into two tiers. Only coastal      |                                   |
| cities and counties, which        |                                   |
| include or are contiguous to      |                                   |
| state water bodies are eligible   |                                   |
| to receive coastal management     |                                   |
| funds. The Florida Coastal        |                                   |
| Program provides funding to       |                                   |
| improve public access and         |                                   |
| projects range from building      |                                   |
| boardwalks to enhancing public    |                                   |
| safety through the provision of   |                                   |
| signs explaining the beach flag   |                                   |
| warning system and the danger of  |                                   |
| rip currents. The Coastal Program |                                   |
| works to protect coastal          |                                   |
| resources and help Floridians     |                                   |
| build and maintain vital          |                                   |
| communities. Through the Coastal  |                                   |
| Partnerships Initiative, the      |                                   |
| Coastal Program provides support  |                                   |
| for enhancing coastal access,     |                                   |
| promoting stewardship, protecting |                                   |
| remarkable coastal places, and    |                                   |
| revitalizing working waterfronts. |                                   |
| Waterfronts Florida, a program    |                                   |
| initiated in 1997 by the Coastal  |                                   |
| Program, provides support,        |                                   |
| training, innovative technical    |                                   |
| assistance, and limited financial |                                   |
| assistance to communities         |                                   |
| striving to revitalize and renew  |                                   |
| interest in their waterfront      |                                   |
| district, areas which have a      |                                   |
| tradition of water-dependent      |                                   |
| vitality.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://coastalman                |                                   |
| agement.noaa.gov/mystate/fl.html> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Tallahassee WFO**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| This Weather Forecast Office      |                                   |
| (WFO) provides all the weather    |                                   |
| and flood warnings, daily         |                                   |
| forecasts, and meteorologic and   |                                   |
| hydrologic data for the Florida   |                                   |
| Panhandle, southwestern Georgia,  |                                   |
| and southeast Alabama.            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tlh>     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Program Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate and Global Change       |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| 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. Grants Recipients: |                                   |
| The Cooperative Institute for     |                                   |
| Marine and Atmospheric Studies,   |                                   |
| Florida State University,         |                                   |
| University of Florida, Nova       |                                   |
| University.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http                             |                                   |
| ://www.cpo.noaa.gov/]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Cooperative Institute**         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Northern Gulf Institute (NGI),  |                                   |
| Florida State University**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NGI was established at Stennis    |                                   |
| Space Center, Mississippi, in     |                                   |
| October 2006. NGI is a consortium |                                   |
| of universities led by            |                                   |
| Mississippi State University, in  |                                   |
| partnership with the University   |                                   |
| of Southern Mississippi,          |                                   |
| Louisiana State University,       |                                   |
| [Florida State                    |                                   |
| University]{.underline}, and      |                                   |
| Dauphin Island Sea Lab. The       |                                   |
| fundamental philosophy of NGI is  |                                   |
| integration: integration of the   |                                   |
| land-coast-ocean-atmosphere       |                                   |
| continuum; integration of         |                                   |
| research to operations; and       |                                   |
| integration of individual         |                                   |
| academic institutional strengths  |                                   |
| into a holistic research and      |                                   |
| educational program specifically  |                                   |
| geared to the needs of Northern   |                                   |
| Gulf of Mexico users. Among NGI's |                                   |
| major NOAA research collaborators |                                   |
| are the National Weather Service, |                                   |
| the Coastal Services Center, the  |                                   |
| Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric |                                   |
| Research, the Atlantic            |                                   |
| Oceanographic and Meteorological  |                                   |
| Laboratory, the National Ocean    |                                   |
| Service, the National Coastal     |                                   |
| Data Development Center, the      |                                   |
| National Data Buoy Center, the    |                                   |
| National Marine Fisheries         |                                   |
| Service, and the National Sea     |                                   |
| Grant Office. NGI conducts        |                                   |
| research under four scientific    |                                   |
| themes, focusing on the northern  |                                   |
| Gulf of Mexico: (1) ecosystem     |                                   |
| management; (2) geospatial data   |                                   |
| integration and visualization in  |                                   |
| environmental science; (3)        |                                   |
| climate change and climate        |                                   |
| variability effects on regional   |                                   |
| ecosystems; and (4) coastal       |                                   |
| hazards.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.ngi.msstate.          |                                   |
| edu](http://www.ngi.msstate.edu/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Total Column Ozone              |                                   |
| Measurements**                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Earth System Research     |                                   |
| Laboratory makes measurements of  |                                   |
| the column amounts of ozone       |                                   |
| between the earth\'s surface and  |                                   |
| the top of the atmosphere at a    |                                   |
| number of locations around the    |                                   |
| United States, including          |                                   |
| Tallahassee, FL. The observations |                                   |
| are obtained with ground-based    |                                   |
| spectrometers that measure the    |                                   |
| attenuation by ozone of           |                                   |
| ultraviolet light. This           |                                   |
| integrated ozone amount is        |                                   |
| critical in determining the       |                                   |
| amount of ultraviolet radiation   |                                   |
| reaching the earth\'s surface.    |                                   |
| Excess ultraviolet radiation is   |                                   |
| responsible for human skin cancer |                                   |
| and is also harmful to other      |                                   |
| biogenic organisms. Column ozone  |                                   |
| measurements monitor changes in   |                                   |
| the stratospheric ozone layer     |                                   |
| resulting from human-produced     |                                   |
| chlorine and bromine compounds    |                                   |
| that destroy ozone. With controls |                                   |
| now in place on the manufacture   |                                   |
| and use of these ozone-destroying |                                   |
| compounds, it will be important   |                                   |
| to monitor the ozone layer for    |                                   |
| the expected recovery and         |                                   |
| determine whether other factors   |                                   |
| such as long-term climate change  |                                   |
| are influencing this recovery.    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.es                    |                                   |
| rl.noaa.gov/gmd/about/ozone.html> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***FL- 4***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Jacksonville***                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Protected Resources Division**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fernandina Beach Field Office** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Fernandina Beach Field Office |                                   |
| is strategically located near the |                                   |
| center of the endangered Northern |                                   |
| right whale's calving area. This  |                                   |
| office coordinates right whale    |                                   |
| recovery activities in the        |                                   |
| Southeast Region, as well as      |                                   |
| outreach and communication on     |                                   |
| management and recovery           |                                   |
| activities.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center Weather Service Unit**   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Jacksonville CWSU**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Housed in the Federal Aviation    |                                   |
| Administration\'s Jacksonville    |                                   |
| Air Route Traffic Control Center  |                                   |
| (ARTCC) in Hilliard, the Center   |                                   |
| Weather Service Unit (CWSU)       |                                   |
| Jacksonville staff provides       |                                   |
| forecasts and other weather       |                                   |
| information to ARTCC personnel    |                                   |
| for use in directing the safe,    |                                   |
| smooth flow of aviation traffic   |                                   |
| in northern Florida, parts of     |                                   |
| Alabama, Georgia and South        |                                   |
| Carolina.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.srh.noaa.gov/zjx>     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Jacksonville WFO**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| This Weather Forecast Office      |                                   |
| (WFO) provides all the weather    |                                   |
| and flood warnings, daily         |                                   |
| forecasts, and meteorologic and   |                                   |
| hydrologic data for 15 counties   |                                   |
| in northeast Florida and 13       |                                   |
| counties in southeast Georgia.    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.srh.noaa.gov/j        |                                   |
| ax](http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jax/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***St. Augustine***               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Guana Tolomato Matanzas (GTM)   |                                   |
| National Estuarine Research       |                                   |
| Reserve**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Guana Tolomato Matanzas (GTM) |                                   |
| Reserve was designated in 1999    |                                   |
| and is managed by the Florida     |                                   |
| Department of Environmental       |                                   |
| Protection. It encompasses        |                                   |
| approximately 55,000 acres of     |                                   |
| publicly owned lands and waters   |                                   |
| in St. Johns and Flagler Counties |                                   |
| on the east coast of Florida near |                                   |
| St. Augustine. It is an area      |                                   |
| important to many resident and    |                                   |
| migratory fish and waterfowl and  |                                   |
| a variety of threatened and       |                                   |
| endangered species, including the |                                   |
| manatee, the least tern, and the  |                                   |
| loggerhead, green and leatherback |                                   |
| turtles. Major habitat types      |                                   |
| include beach dunes, salt and     |                                   |
| freshwater marshes, cypress and   |                                   |
| hardwood swamps, shell mounds,    |                                   |
| and xeric hammocks. The Matanzas  |                                   |
| Inlet is the last naturally       |                                   |
| occurring inlet on the east coast |                                   |
| of Florida that has not been      |                                   |
| subject to dredging and other     |                                   |
| manmade disturbances.             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://nerrs.noaa.gov/GTM/>      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***FL- 7***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***St. Augustine***               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Habitat Conservation Division** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **St. Augustine Field Office**    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The St. Augustine Field Office is |                                   |
| co-located with the National      |                                   |
| Ocean Services' Guana Tolomato    |                                   |
| Matanzas National Estuarine       |                                   |
| Research Reserve. This office is  |                                   |
| responsible for implementing      |                                   |
| NMFS' habitat protection programs |                                   |
| in northeastern Florida. In       |                                   |
| addition to conducting mandated   |                                   |
| essential fish habitat            |                                   |
| consultations associated with     |                                   |
| extensive coastal development     |                                   |
| activities, the St. Augustine     |                                   |
| Field Office participates in      |                                   |
| state and regional habitat        |                                   |
| planning and restoration efforts  |                                   |
| and in the planning processes for |                                   |
| major federal water development   |                                   |
| projects.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http:                            |                                   |
| //sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/hcd/hcd.htm> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***FL- 8***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Orlando***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Systems         |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Science On a Sphere®**          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Science On a Sphere (SOS) is a    |                                   |
| room-sized global display system  |                                   |
| that uses computers and video     |                                   |
| projectors to display planetary   |                                   |
| data onto a six-foot diameter     |                                   |
| sphere, analogous to a giant      |                                   |
| animated globe. Researchers at    |                                   |
| NOAA developed Science On a       |                                   |
| Sphere® as an educational tool to |                                   |
| help illustrate Earth System      |                                   |
| science to people of all ages.    |                                   |
| Animated images of atmospheric    |                                   |
| storms, climate change, and ocean |                                   |
| temperature can be shown on the   |                                   |
| sphere, which is used to explain  |                                   |
| what are sometimes complex        |                                   |
| environmental processes, in a way |                                   |
| that is simultaneously intuitive  |                                   |
| and captivating.                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.sos.noaa.gov/>        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***FL-10***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***St. Petersburg***              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Seafood Inspection     |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast Inspection Branch**   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The National Seafood Inspection   |                                   |
| Program conducts a voluntary      |                                   |
| inspection program for fishery    |                                   |
| products on a fee-for-service     |                                   |
| basis. The office offers a wide   |                                   |
| range of services to the area\'s  |                                   |
| fishermen and fish processors     |                                   |
| including process and product     |                                   |
| inspection, product grading, lot  |                                   |
| inspection, laboratory analysis,  |                                   |
| and training. All edible          |                                   |
| foodstuffs, ranging from whole    |                                   |
| fish to formulated products, as   |                                   |
| well as fishmeal used for animal  |                                   |
| foods, are eligible for           |                                   |
| inspection and certification.     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://seafood.nmfs.noaa.gov/>   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Field Office**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Law Enforcement |                                   |
| is dedicated primarily to the     |                                   |
| enforcement of laws that protect  |                                   |
| and regulate our nation's living  |                                   |
| marine resources and their        |                                   |
| natural habitat. Office of Law    |                                   |
| Enforcement special agents and    |                                   |
| enforcement officers have         |                                   |
| specified authority to enforce    |                                   |
| over 37 statutes, as well as      |                                   |
| numerous treaties related to the  |                                   |
| conservation and protection of    |                                   |
| marine resources and other        |                                   |
| matters of concern to NOAA.       |                                   |
| Stretching across the Gulf of     |                                   |
| Mexico, up the eastern seaboard   |                                   |
| from the Florida Keys to the      |                                   |
| northern shore of North Carolina  |                                   |
| and covering United States        |                                   |
| territorial waters in the         |                                   |
| Caribbean, the Southeast          |                                   |
| Enforcement Division\'s           |                                   |
| responsibility is vast beyond     |                                   |
| measure. The Southeast Division   |                                   |
| is home to the nation\'s large    |                                   |
| shrimp trawl fishery, and is      |                                   |
| widely known for its vast coral   |                                   |
| reefs fisheries, turtle beaches,  |                                   |
| and highly prized saltwater game  |                                   |
| fish. Georgian waters also play   |                                   |
| host to the calving grounds for   |                                   |
| the approximately 350 endangered  |                                   |
| Northern Right whales, while      |                                   |
| Floridian waters hold the only    |                                   |
| continental coral reef in the     |                                   |
| United States. The Divisions is   |                                   |
| also responsible for enforcement  |                                   |
| activities within the Florida     |                                   |
| Keys, Flower Garden Bank, the     |                                   |
| Monitor and Gray's Reef National  |                                   |
| Marine Sanctuaries.               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http                             |                                   |
| ://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/index.html> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Response and          |                                   |
| Restoration**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Regional Resource Coordinator** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Office of Response and        |                                   |
| Restoration's (OR&R) Regional     |                                   |
| Resource Coordinators (RRC) based |                                   |
| in St. Petersburg provide         |                                   |
| scientific and technical          |                                   |
| expertise and timely response to  |                                   |
| oil spills or hazardous materials |                                   |
| releases to collect information,  |                                   |
| samples, and evidence that are    |                                   |
| time dependent and critical to    |                                   |
| support natural resource damage   |                                   |
| assessments throughout the        |                                   |
| coastal US. Specifically, RRCs    |                                   |
| work on multi-disciplinary        |                                   |
| scientific, economic, and legal   |                                   |
| teams and are responsible for     |                                   |
| determining and quantifying       |                                   |
| injuries to NOAA trust natural    |                                   |
| resources through determination   |                                   |
| of injuries and pathway, and      |                                   |
| demonstration of causal           |                                   |
| mechanisms. RRCs document the     |                                   |
| severity, geographic extent, and  |                                   |
| likely duration of the injury.    |                                   |
| The goal of the RRCs efforts is   |                                   |
| to determine the appropriate      |                                   |
| amount and type of restoration    |                                   |
| required to restore injured NOAA  |                                   |
| trust resources and compensate    |                                   |
| the public for their lost use.    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://response.                 |                                   |
| restoration.noaa.gov]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Chemical Sciences      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Research**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Earth System Research     |                                   |
| Laboratory is conducting research |                                   |
| in collaboration with the         |                                   |
| University of South Florida to    |                                   |
| reconstruct the past climate      |                                   |
| variability and change in the     |                                   |
| northern tropical Atlantic from   |                                   |
| massive coral records in the      |                                   |
| northern Caribbean. This effort   |                                   |
| represents an attempt to expand   |                                   |
| the view of the full range of     |                                   |
| natural variability beyond the    |                                   |
| instrumental record using         |                                   |
| paleoenvironmental proxy records  |                                   |
| from corals. This knowledge will  |                                   |
| improve our understanding of      |                                   |
| climate processes that could      |                                   |
| happen in the future.             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Physical Sciences      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Research**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Earth System Research     |                                   |
| Laboratory is conducting research |                                   |
| in collaboration with the         |                                   |
| University of South Florida to    |                                   |
| reconstruct the past climate      |                                   |
| variability and change in the     |                                   |
| northern tropical Atlantic from   |                                   |
| massive coral records in the      |                                   |
| northern Caribbean. This effort   |                                   |
| represents an attempt to expand   |                                   |
| the view of the full range of     |                                   |
| natural variability beyond the    |                                   |
| instrumental record using         |                                   |
| paleoenvironmental proxy records  |                                   |
| from corals. This knowledge will  |                                   |
| improve our understanding of      |                                   |
| climate processes that could      |                                   |
| happen in the future.             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***FL-11***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Tampa***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Seafood Inspection     |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Tampa Lot Inspection Office**   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The National Seafood Inspection   |                                   |
| Program conducts a voluntary      |                                   |
| inspection program for fishery    |                                   |
| products on a fee-for-service     |                                   |
| basis. The office offers a wide   |                                   |
| range of services to the area\'s  |                                   |
| fishermen and fish processors     |                                   |
| including process and product     |                                   |
| inspection, product grading, lot  |                                   |
| inspection, laboratory analysis,  |                                   |
| and training. All edible          |                                   |
| foodstuffs, ranging from whole    |                                   |
| fish to formulated products, as   |                                   |
| well as fishmeal used for animal  |                                   |
| foods, are eligible for           |                                   |
| inspection and certification.     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://seafood.nmfs.noaa.gov/>   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for Operational          |                                   |
| Oceanographic Products and        |                                   |
| Services**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Tampa Bay PORTS®**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| A Physical Oceanographic          |                                   |
| Real-Time System (PORTS®) is      |                                   |
| operated cooperatively with the   |                                   |
| local maritime community in Tampa |                                   |
| Bay 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 from four stations,   |                                   |
| for currents from three stations, |                                   |
| and for meteorological data from  |                                   |
| eight locations.                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov] |                                   |
| (http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Tampa Bay Area WFO**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Tampa Bay Area Weather        |                                   |
| Forecast Office (WFO) provides    |                                   |
| all the weather and flood         |                                   |
| warnings, daily forecasts, and    |                                   |
| meteorologic and hydrologic data  |                                   |
| for the western portion of        |                                   |
| central Florida.                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tbw>     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Marine and Aviation   |                                   |
| Operations (OMAO)**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Aircraft Operations Center**    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **MacDill Air Force Base**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The NOAA Aircraft Operations      |                                   |
| Center (AOC) is charged with      |                                   |
| maintaining and operating NOAA    |                                   |
| aircraft, the charter of aircraft |                                   |
| for NOAA projects, and other      |                                   |
| activities in support of NOAA     |                                   |
| airborne programs. NOAA Aircraft  |                                   |
| Operations Center fixed-wing      |                                   |
| aircraft and helicopters operate  |                                   |
| throughout the United States and  |                                   |
| around the world. NOAA Aircraft   |                                   |
| Operations Center\'s aircraft     |                                   |
| provide NOAA\'s scientists and    |                                   |
| cartographers with the airborne   |                                   |
| platforms necessary to collect    |                                   |
| the environmental and geographic  |                                   |
| data essential to their programs. |                                   |
| The Hurricane Hunter Lockheed     |                                   |
| WP-3D Orion and the Gulfstream    |                                   |
| IV-SP high performance long-range |                                   |
| aircraft are among the most       |                                   |
| advanced airborne environmental   |                                   |
| research planes flying today.     |                                   |
| These aircraft give scientists a  |                                   |
| unique platform for the study of  |                                   |
| tropical cyclones and other       |                                   |
| severe storms, global climate     |                                   |
| change, air chemistry and         |                                   |
| pollution oceanography, arctic    |                                   |
| ice formation and many other      |                                   |
| environmental issues.             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.aoc.no                |                                   |
| aa.gov](http://www.aoc.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***FL-14***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Naples***                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Rookery Bay National Estuarine  |                                   |
| Research Reserve**                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| On-site boat trips, trails,       |                                   |
| workshops, adult education        |                                   |
| courses and field studies take    |                                   |
| visitors out into Rookery Bay, a  |                                   |
| 110,00 acre Reserve holding       |                                   |
| pristine mangrove forests,        |                                   |
| shallow bay waters, pine          |                                   |
| flatwoods and tropical hardwood   |                                   |
| hammocks. Located 8 kilometers    |                                   |
| south of Naples, this Reserve has |                                   |
| pioneered innovation in natural   |                                   |
| resource management; for example, |                                   |
| implementing programs such as     |                                   |
| prescribed burns of diseased      |                                   |
| vegetation, exotic plant removal, |                                   |
| restoration of disturbed sites    |                                   |
| and marine mammal recovery and    |                                   |
| rescue. Long-term monitoring and  |                                   |
| visiting investigator programs    |                                   |
| have furthered exciting research  |                                   |
| about wetland structure and       |                                   |
| function and habitat mapping. The |                                   |
| Reserve was designated in 1978    |                                   |
| and is managed by the Florida     |                                   |
| Department of Environmental       |                                   |
| Protection.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <h                                |                                   |
| ttp://nerrs.noaa.gov/RookeryBay/> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***FL-15***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Melbourne***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Melbourne WFO**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located at the Melbourne Regional |                                   |
| Airport, this National Weather    |                                   |
| Service Weather Forecast Office   |                                   |
| (WFO) provides all the weather    |                                   |
| and flood warnings, daily         |                                   |
| forecasts, and meteorologic and   |                                   |
| hydrologic data for east Central  |                                   |
| Florida and adjacent coastal      |                                   |
| waters.                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mlb>     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Titusville***                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Reference Network**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Titusville Station**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The U.S. Climate Reference        |                                   |
| Network (USCRN) is an operational |                                   |
| network of climate stations. Data |                                   |
| from the USCRN will be used in    |                                   |
| operational climate monitoring    |                                   |
| activities and for placing        |                                   |
| current climate anomalies into an |                                   |
| historical perspective. NOAA\'s   |                                   |
| National Climatic Data Center     |                                   |
| (NCDC) manages and operates the   |                                   |
| USCRN. The USCRN will also        |                                   |
| provide the United States with a  |                                   |
| reference network that            |                                   |
| contributes to an International   |                                   |
| network under the auspices of the |                                   |
| Global Climate Observing System   |                                   |
| (GCOS). NOAA's National           |                                   |
| Environmental Satellite, Data,    |                                   |
| and Information Service and       |                                   |
| NOAA's Office of Oceanic and      |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research jointly      |                                   |
| manage USCRN.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <htt                              |                                   |
| p://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/hourly> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***FL--16***                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Sebring***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Reference Network**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Sebring Station**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The U.S. Climate Reference        |                                   |
| Network (USCRN) is an operational |                                   |
| network of climate stations. Data |                                   |
| from the USCRN will be used in    |                                   |
| operational climate monitoring    |                                   |
| activities and for placing        |                                   |
| current climate anomalies into an |                                   |
| historical perspective. NOAA\'s   |                                   |
| National Climatic Data Center     |                                   |
| (NCDC) manages and operates the   |                                   |
| USCRN. The USCRN will also        |                                   |
| provide the United States with a  |                                   |
| reference network that            |                                   |
| contributes to an International   |                                   |
| network under the auspices of the |                                   |
| Global Climate Observing System   |                                   |
| (GCOS). NOAA's National           |                                   |
| Environmental Satellite, Data,    |                                   |
| and Information Service and       |                                   |
| NOAA's Office of Oceanic and      |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research jointly      |                                   |
| manage USCRN.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <htt                              |                                   |
| p://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/hourly> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***FL-17***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Miami***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast Fisheries Science     |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pelagic Observer Program**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Pelagic Observer Program is   |                                   |
| based out of the Miami Lab, and   |                                   |
| is responsible for the collection |                                   |
| of catch, bycatch, and effort     |                                   |
| data from U.S. Pelagic Longline   |                                   |
| vessels operating in the          |                                   |
| northwestern Atlantic and Gulf of |                                   |
| Mexico. This fleet targets        |                                   |
| primarily swordfish and tunas and |                                   |
| operates year round. Observers    |                                   |
| are deployed from a number of     |                                   |
| ports, as far north as            |                                   |
| Newfoundland, Canada; throughout  |                                   |
| the East Coast of the United      |                                   |
| States, the United States Gulf    |                                   |
| Coast, and as far south as Puerto |                                   |
| Rico and Trinidad. Pelagic        |                                   |
| Observer Program staff lives      |                                   |
| throughout the Southeast Region.  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <h                                |                                   |
| ttp://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/pop.jsp> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast Fisheries Science     |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Protected Resources &           |                                   |
| Biodiversity Division - Sea       |                                   |
| Turtle Stranding and Salvage      |                                   |
| Network**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Sea Turtle Stranding and      |                                   |
| Salvage Network collects          |                                   |
| information on and document       |                                   |
| strandings of marine turtles      |                                   |
| along the United States Gulf of   |                                   |
| Mexico and Atlantic coasts. The   |                                   |
| network encompasses the coastal   |                                   |
| areas of the eighteen state       |                                   |
| regions from Maine through Texas, |                                   |
| and includes portions of the U.S. |                                   |
| Caribbean and is headquartered in |                                   |
| Miami. Data are compiled through  |                                   |
| the efforts of network            |                                   |
| participants who document marine  |                                   |
| turtle strandings in their        |                                   |
| respective areas and contribute   |                                   |
| those data to the centralized     |                                   |
| database.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.s                     |                                   |
| efsc.noaa.gov/seaturtleSTSSN.jsp> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast Fisheries Science     |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Social Science Research Group** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Social Science Research Group |                                   |
| conducts applied socioeconomic    |                                   |
| and cultural research on the use  |                                   |
| and management of living marine   |                                   |
| resources under federal           |                                   |
| jurisdiction from *North Carolina |                                   |
| to Texas and in the U.S.          |                                   |
| Caribbean*. Scientists interpret  |                                   |
| available fisheries information   |                                   |
| from an economic and cultural     |                                   |
| perspective; develop models and   |                                   |
| estimate relationships to         |                                   |
| evaluate the economic and         |                                   |
| sociocultural effects of fishery  |                                   |
| policies on fishers and fishing   |                                   |
| communities, provide research     |                                   |
| results and advice to the three   |                                   |
| fishery management councils in    |                                   |
| the southeast jurisdiction (South |                                   |
| Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of  |                                   |
| Mexico); and supply social        |                                   |
| science support for other NMFS    |                                   |
| programs.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.sefsc.noaa.g          |                                   |
| ov/socialscience.jsp]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Centers for            |                                   |
| Environmental Prediction**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Hurricane              |                                   |
| Center/Tropical Prediction        |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The National Hurricane            |                                   |
| Center/Tropical Prediction Center |                                   |
| (NHC/TPC) is best known for its   |                                   |
| hurricane responsibilities        |                                   |
| including extensive marine and    |                                   |
| aviation forecast and warning     |                                   |
| programs for tropical and         |                                   |
| subtropical regions of the North  |                                   |
| Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of      |                                   |
| Mexico and Eastern North Pacific, |                                   |
| including adjacent land areas. To |                                   |
| fulfill these responsibilities,   |                                   |
| the Center prepares and           |                                   |
| distributes tropical weather      |                                   |
| forecasts, which employ the       |                                   |
| latest electronic equipment. It   |                                   |
| also conducts relevant training   |                                   |
| for courses for meteorologists    |                                   |
| and response officials from       |                                   |
| around the world. It works very   |                                   |
| closely with the World            |                                   |
| Meteorological Organization. The  |                                   |
| Center is located on the          |                                   |
| University Park Campus of Florida |                                   |
| International University in       |                                   |
| Miami, which also houses a        |                                   |
| statewide center for hurricane    |                                   |
| mitigation and research.          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/>        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Program Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate and Global Change       |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| 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. Grants Recipients: |                                   |
| The Cooperative Institute for     |                                   |
| Marine and Atmospheric Studies,   |                                   |
| Florida State University,         |                                   |
| University of Florida, Nova       |                                   |
| University                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http                             |                                   |
| ://www.cpo.noaa.gov/]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Miami WFO**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located at Florida International  |                                   |
| University, this National Weather |                                   |
| Service Weather Forecast Office   |                                   |
| (WFO) provides all the weather    |                                   |
| and flood warnings, daily         |                                   |
| forecasts, and meteorologic and   |                                   |
| hydrologic data for the southern  |                                   |
| portion of the Florida, except    |                                   |
| for the Florida Keys.             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mfl/>    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Pembroke Park***               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Enforces: Magnuson-Stevens      |                                   |
| Fishery Conservation and          |                                   |
| Management Act, Marine Mammal     |                                   |
| Protection Act, and the           |                                   |
| Endangered Species Act**          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Law Enforcement |                                   |
| is dedicated primarily to the     |                                   |
| enforcement of laws that protect  |                                   |
| and regulate our nation's living  |                                   |
| marine resources and their        |                                   |
| natural habitat. Office of Law    |                                   |
| Enforcement special agents and    |                                   |
| enforcement officers have         |                                   |
| specified authority to enforce    |                                   |
| over 37 statutes, as well as      |                                   |
| numerous treaties related to the  |                                   |
| conservation and protection of    |                                   |
| marine resources and other        |                                   |
| matters of concern to NOAA.       |                                   |
| Stretching across the Gulf of     |                                   |
| Mexico, up the eastern seaboard   |                                   |
| from the Florida Keys to the      |                                   |
| northern shore of North Carolina  |                                   |
| and covering United States        |                                   |
| territorial waters in the         |                                   |
| Caribbean, the Southeast          |                                   |
| Enforcement Division\'s           |                                   |
| responsibility is vast beyond     |                                   |
| measure.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Southeast Division is home to |                                   |
| the nation\'s large shrimp trawl  |                                   |
| fishery, and is widely known for  |                                   |
| its vast coral reefs fisheries,   |                                   |
| turtle beaches, and highly prized |                                   |
| saltwater game fish. Georgian     |                                   |
| waters also play host to the      |                                   |
| calving grounds for the           |                                   |
| approximately 350 endangered      |                                   |
| Northern Right whales, while      |                                   |
| Floridian waters hold the only    |                                   |
| continental coral reef in the     |                                   |
| United States. The Divisions is   |                                   |
| also responsible for enforcement  |                                   |
| activities within the Florida     |                                   |
| Keys, Flower Garden Bank, the     |                                   |
| Monitor and Gray's Reef National  |                                   |
| Marine Sanctuaries.               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.nmf                   |                                   |
| s.noaa.gov/ole/se_southeast.html> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast Fisheries Science     |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Protected Resources &           |                                   |
| Biodiversity Division, Marine     |                                   |
| Mammal Health and Stranding       |                                   |
| Response Program**                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS authorizes organizations and |                                   |
| volunteers under the Marine       |                                   |
| Mammal Protection Act to respond  |                                   |
| to marine mammal stranding        |                                   |
| throughout the United States. The |                                   |
| Southeast Fisheries Science       |                                   |
| Center is responsible for marine  |                                   |
| mammal stranding responses in the |                                   |
| southeast region of the United    |                                   |
| States. This includes the beaches |                                   |
| from North Carolina to Texas,     |                                   |
| Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin   |                                   |
| Islands; coordinating stranding   |                                   |
| events, monitoring stranding      |                                   |
| rates, monitoring human caused    |                                   |
| mortalities, maintaining a        |                                   |
| stranding data base for the       |                                   |
| southeast region, and conducting  |                                   |
| investigations to determine the   |                                   |
| cause of unusual stranding events |                                   |
| including mass strandings and     |                                   |
| mass mortalities. The Southeast   |                                   |
| Region stranding coordinator is   |                                   |
| in Miami, Florida and the         |                                   |
| Southeast Region Stranding        |                                   |
| program administrator is in St.   |                                   |
| Petersburg, FL. Stranding network |                                   |
| members who are authorized to     |                                   |
| respond to stranding events are   |                                   |
| located throughout the region.    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <htt                              |                                   |
| p://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/health/> |                                   |
| and                               |                                   |
| <http://www.sefsc.noaa.go         |                                   |
| v/marinemammalstrandingsprog.jsp> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Response and          |                                   |
| Restoration**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Scientific Support              |                                   |
| Coordinator**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Emergency Response        |                                   |
| Division (ERD) strives to reduce  |                                   |
| risks to coastal habitats and     |                                   |
| resources from oil and hazardous  |                                   |
| chemical spills. ERD\'s           |                                   |
| multi-disciplinary Scientific     |                                   |
| Support Team has decades of       |                                   |
| experience in responding to oil   |                                   |
| spill emergencies. Led by its     |                                   |
| nine regionally based Scientific  |                                   |
| Support Coordinators (SSCs),      |                                   |
| ERD\'s response to spill          |                                   |
| emergencies has gained a          |                                   |
| reputation for rapid, well        |                                   |
| thought out, yet cost effective   |                                   |
| environmental protection          |                                   |
| decisions. The SSC based in Miami |                                   |
| works directly with U.S. Coast    |                                   |
| Guard spill response teams by     |                                   |
| providing critical scientific     |                                   |
| support to the federal On-Scene   |                                   |
| Coordinator (OSC) during spills   |                                   |
| of oil or hazardous materials.    |                                   |
| SSCs use oil spill trajectory     |                                   |
| estimates, chemical hazards       |                                   |
| analyses, and assessments of the  |                                   |
| sensitivity of biological and     |                                   |
| human-use resources to help the   |                                   |
| OSC make timely operational       |                                   |
| decisions. SSCs provide guidance, |                                   |
| experience, and resources to      |                                   |
| develop spill preparedness plans  |                                   |
| that help identify the spill      |                                   |
| response action with the greatest |                                   |
| environmental benefit.            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://response.                 |                                   |
| restoration.noaa.gov]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center Weather Service Unit**   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Miami CWSU**                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Housed in the Federal Aviation    |                                   |
| Administration\'s Miami Air Route |                                   |
| Traffic Control Center (ARTCC),   |                                   |
| the Center Weather Service Unit   |                                   |
| (CWSU) Miami staff provides       |                                   |
| forecasts and other weather       |                                   |
| information to ARTCC personnel    |                                   |
| for use in directing the safe,    |                                   |
| smooth flow of aviation traffic   |                                   |
| in southern Florida, and portions |                                   |
| of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of |                                   |
| Mexico.                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.srh.noaa.gov/zma>     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Cooperative Institute**         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Cooperative Institute for       |                                   |
| Marine and Atmospheric Studies    |                                   |
| (CIMAS), University of Miami**    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Cooperative Institute for     |                                   |
| Marine and Atmospheric Studies    |                                   |
| was established in 1977 in the    |                                   |
| University of Miami\'s Rosenstiel |                                   |
| School of Marine and Atmospheric  |                                   |
| Science. CIMAS serves as a        |                                   |
| mechanism to promote synergisms   |                                   |
| between University scientists and |                                   |
| those in NOAA. CIMAS research is  |                                   |
| largely partnered with NOAA       |                                   |
| Research, NOAA Fisheries, and     |                                   |
| recently with NOAA Satellites and |                                   |
| Information Service. CIMAS        |                                   |
| scientists collaborate primarily  |                                   |
| with scientists at the Atlantic   |                                   |
| Oceanographic and Meteorological  |                                   |
| Laboratory and the Southeast      |                                   |
| Fisheries Science Center, both    |                                   |
| are located on Virginia Key in    |                                   |
| close proximity to the            |                                   |
| CIMAS/RSMAS campus. CIMAS carries |                                   |
| out research in six theme areas:  |                                   |
| (1) climate variability; (2)      |                                   |
| fisheries dynamics; (3) regional  |                                   |
| coastal ecosystem processes; (4)  |                                   |
| human interactions with the       |                                   |
| environment; (5) air-sea          |                                   |
| interactions and exchanges; and   |                                   |
| (6) integrated ocean observation. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://w                         |                                   |
| ww.rsmas.miami.edu/groups/cimas/> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Geophysical Fluid Dynamics      |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Hurricane Modeling, Prediction  |                                   |
| and Development**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Geophysical Fluid Dynamics    |                                   |
| Laboratory (GFDL) has been        |                                   |
| involved in extensive             |                                   |
| collaboration with the National   |                                   |
| Weather Service National          |                                   |
| Hurricane Center, located in      |                                   |
| Miami. GFDL has supplied the      |                                   |
| hurricane-forecasting center with |                                   |
| a state-of-the-art hurricane      |                                   |
| prediction model, which has       |                                   |
| proven to be very successful in   |                                   |
| forecasting both storm track and  |                                   |
| intensity.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/>       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Weather and Air       |                                   |
| Quality**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **United States Weather Research  |                                   |
| Program Join Hurricane Testbed**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The United States Weather         |                                   |
| Research Program (USWRP) brings   |                                   |
| together federal agencies with    |                                   |
| the academic and private sectors  |                                   |
| to move research ideas and        |                                   |
| technologies into operational     |                                   |
| weather forecasts. NOAA, through  |                                   |
| the USWRP, is providing support   |                                   |
| for the Joint Hurricane Testbed   |                                   |
| (JHT) project that operationally  |                                   |
| tests research products           |                                   |
| competitively gathered from the   |                                   |
| hurricane research community. If  |                                   |
| the tests are successful, the JHT |                                   |
| transitions them into operations  |                                   |
| for accelerating the improvement  |                                   |
| hurricane track and intensity     |                                   |
| forecasts at landfall.            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.nhc.noaa              |                                   |
| .gov/jht/index.shtml]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***FL-18***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Key Biscayne***                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Monitoring the Surface          |                                   |
| Atmosphere - Cooperative Global   |                                   |
| Air Sampling Network**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA's Earth System Research      |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) operates a      |                                   |
| Cooperative Global Air Sampling   |                                   |
| Network to measure the            |                                   |
| distribution and trends of carbon |                                   |
| dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4),  |                                   |
| the two gases most responsible    |                                   |
| for human-caused climate change,  |                                   |
| as well as other greenhouse gases |                                   |
| and volatile organic compounds.   |                                   |
| Samples are collected weekly at   |                                   |
| fixed locations and on several    |                                   |
| commercial ships. The air samples |                                   |
| are delivered to the ESRL         |                                   |
| laboratory, located in Boulder,   |                                   |
| CO. The observed geographical     |                                   |
| patterns and small but persistent |                                   |
| spatial gradients are used to     |                                   |
| better understand the processes,  |                                   |
| both natural and human induced,   |                                   |
| that underlie the trends. Air     |                                   |
| samples have been collected at    |                                   |
| Key Biscayne since 1972.          |                                   |
| Researchers at NOAA's Atlantic    |                                   |
| Oceanographic and Meteorological  |                                   |
| Laboratory collect the samples.   |                                   |
| Depending on the wind direction,  |                                   |
| samples collected at Key Biscayne |                                   |
| may represent air that has been   |                                   |
| influenced by carbon sources and  |                                   |
| sinks in North America, or air    |                                   |
| that has been over the Atlantic   |                                   |
| Ocean. These measurements help    |                                   |
| determine the magnitude of carbon |                                   |
| sources and sinks in North        |                                   |
| America.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.esrl                  |                                   |
| .noaa.gov/gmd/about/climate.html> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Key Largo***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of National Marine       |                                   |
| Sanctuaries**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Florida Keys National Marine    |                                   |
| Sanctuary**                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| In 1990, Congress moved to        |                                   |
| preserve this unmatched           |                                   |
| subtropical ecosystem from        |                                   |
| intense commercial and            |                                   |
| recreational pressures when it    |                                   |
| designated the Florida Keys       |                                   |
| National Marine Sanctuary to      |                                   |
| provide comprehensive management  |                                   |
| of and protection to the marine   |                                   |
| ecosystem surrounding the Florida |                                   |
| Keys. Key Largo and Looe Key      |                                   |
| National Marine Sanctuaries are   |                                   |
| representative of sections of     |                                   |
| Florida\'s reef tract and are     |                                   |
| included as management units      |                                   |
| within the interdependent         |                                   |
| habitats that comprise the        |                                   |
| Florida Keys. The sanctuary       |                                   |
| boundary includes the productive  |                                   |
| waters of Florida Bay,            |                                   |
| mangrove-fringed shorelines and   |                                   |
| islands, sand flats, seagrass     |                                   |
| meadows, patch reefs and bank     |                                   |
| reefs. Together, these habitats   |                                   |
| support the life cycles of a rich |                                   |
| array of tropical marine and      |                                   |
| estuarine organisms, endangered   |                                   |
| and protected species. Numerous   |                                   |
| historic shipwrecks and           |                                   |
| lighthouses within the sanctuary  |                                   |
| typify the rich cultural heritage |                                   |
| of the Florida Keys, which in     |                                   |
| addition, may contain evidence of |                                   |
| human activity and the remains of |                                   |
| animals from 15,000 years ago.    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/>    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean Exploration and |                                   |
| Research**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Aquarius* Undersea Research    |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| 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  |                                   |
| South Atlantic and Gulf of        |                                   |
| Mexico, located in Wilmington,    |                                   |
| NC, operates the world\'s only    |                                   |
| undersea research laboratory,     |                                   |
| *Aquarius* Reef Base, located 8   |                                   |
| miles off the coast of Florida.   |                                   |
| The *Aquarius* Reef Base is       |                                   |
| capable of housing scientists for |                                   |
| 10-day missions. Center           |                                   |
| facilities are located in         |                                   |
| Wilmington, NC, and Key Largo,    |                                   |
| FL, near the site of *Aquarius*   |                                   |
| Reef Base.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http                             |                                   |
| ://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Key West***                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of National Marine       |                                   |
| Sanctuaries**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Florida Keys National Marine    |                                   |
| Sanctuary**                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| In 1990, Congress moved to        |                                   |
| preserve this unmatched           |                                   |
| subtropical ecosystem from        |                                   |
| intense commercial and            |                                   |
| recreational pressures when it    |                                   |
| designated the Florida Keys       |                                   |
| National Marine Sanctuary to      |                                   |
| provide comprehensive management  |                                   |
| of and protection to the marine   |                                   |
| ecosystem surrounding the Florida |                                   |
| Keys. Key Largo and Looe Key      |                                   |
| National Marine Sanctuaries are   |                                   |
| representative of sections of     |                                   |
| Florida\'s reef tract and are     |                                   |
| included as management units      |                                   |
| within the interdependent         |                                   |
| habitats that comprise the        |                                   |
| Florida Keys. The sanctuary       |                                   |
| boundary includes the productive  |                                   |
| waters of Florida Bay,            |                                   |
| mangrove-fringed shorelines and   |                                   |
| islands, sand flats, seagrass     |                                   |
| meadows, patch reefs and bank     |                                   |
| reefs. Together, these habitats   |                                   |
| support the life cycles of a rich |                                   |
| array of tropical marine and      |                                   |
| estuarine organisms, endangered   |                                   |
| and protected species. Numerous   |                                   |
| historic shipwrecks and           |                                   |
| lighthouses within the sanctuary  |                                   |
| typify the rich cultural heritage |                                   |
| of the Florida Keys, which in     |                                   |
| addition, may contain evidence of |                                   |
| human activity and the remains of |                                   |
| animals from 15,000 years ago.    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/>    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Key West WFO**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located at the Key West           |                                   |
| International Airport, this       |                                   |
| National Weather Service Weather  |                                   |
| Forecast Office (WFO) provides    |                                   |
| flood warnings, daily forecasts   |                                   |
| and meteorologic and hydrologic   |                                   |
| data for Monroe County. This      |                                   |
| office also provides marine       |                                   |
| warnings and forecasts for the    |                                   |
| area covering the waters of the   |                                   |
| lower Keys and Florida Bay west   |                                   |
| to the Dry Tortugas and 60 miles  |                                   |
| south into the waters of the      |                                   |
| Atlantic, including the Florida   |                                   |
| Straits.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.srh.noaa.gov/eyw>     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Marathon***                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Field Office**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Law Enforcement |                                   |
| is dedicated primarily to the     |                                   |
| enforcement of laws that protect  |                                   |
| and regulate our nation's living  |                                   |
| marine resources and their        |                                   |
| natural habitat. Special agents   |                                   |
| and enforcement officers have     |                                   |
| specified authority to enforce    |                                   |
| over 37 statutes, as well as      |                                   |
| numerous treaties related to the  |                                   |
| conservation and protection of    |                                   |
| marine resources and other        |                                   |
| matters of concern to NOAA.       |                                   |
| Stretching across the Gulf of     |                                   |
| Mexico, up the eastern seaboard   |                                   |
| from the Florida Keys to the      |                                   |
| northern shore of North Carolina  |                                   |
| and covering U.S. territorial     |                                   |
| waters in the Caribbean, the      |                                   |
| Southeast Enforcement Division\'s |                                   |
| responsibility is vast beyond     |                                   |
| measure. The Division is home to  |                                   |
| the nation\'s large shrimp trawl  |                                   |
| fishery, and is widely known for  |                                   |
| its vast coral reefs fisheries,   |                                   |
| turtle beaches, and highly prized |                                   |
| saltwater game fish. Georgian     |                                   |
| waters also play host to the      |                                   |
| calving grounds for the           |                                   |
| approximately 350 endangered      |                                   |
| Northern Right whales, while      |                                   |
| Floridian waters hold the only    |                                   |
| continental coral reef in the     |                                   |
| United States. The Divisions is   |                                   |
| also responsible for enforcement  |                                   |
| activities within the Florida     |                                   |
| Keys, Flower Garden Bank, the     |                                   |
| Monitor and Gray's Reef National  |                                   |
| Marine Sanctuaries.               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.nmf                   |                                   |
| s.noaa.gov/ole/se_southeast.html> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of National Marine       |                                   |
| Sanctuaries**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Florida Keys National Marine    |                                   |
| Sanctuary**                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| In 1990, Congress moved to        |                                   |
| preserve this unmatched           |                                   |
| subtropical ecosystem from        |                                   |
| intense commercial and            |                                   |
| recreational pressures when it    |                                   |
| designated the Florida Keys       |                                   |
| National Marine Sanctuary to      |                                   |
| provide comprehensive management  |                                   |
| of and protection to the marine   |                                   |
| ecosystem surrounding the Florida |                                   |
| Keys. Key Largo and Looe Key      |                                   |
| National Marine Sanctuaries are   |                                   |
| representative of sections of     |                                   |
| Florida\'s reef tract and are     |                                   |
| included as management units      |                                   |
| within the interdependent         |                                   |
| habitats that comprise the        |                                   |
| Florida Keys.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The sanctuary boundary includes   |                                   |
| the productive waters of Florida  |                                   |
| Bay, mangrove-fringed shorelines  |                                   |
| and islands, sand flats, seagrass |                                   |
| meadows, patch reefs and bank     |                                   |
| reefs. Together, these habitats   |                                   |
| support the life cycles of a rich |                                   |
| array of tropical marine and      |                                   |
| estuarine organisms, endangered   |                                   |
| and protected species. Numerous   |                                   |
| historic shipwrecks and           |                                   |
| lighthouses within the sanctuary  |                                   |
| typify the rich cultural heritage |                                   |
| of the Florida Keys, which in     |                                   |
| addition, may contain evidence of |                                   |
| human activity and the remains of |                                   |
| animals from 15,000 years ago.    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/>    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Miami***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Atlantic Oceanographic and      |                                   |
| Meteorological Laboratory**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **NOAA Laboratory**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Atlantic Oceanographic and    |                                   |
| Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), |                                   |
| one of the NOAA Research          |                                   |
| facilities, conducts research in  |                                   |
| oceanography, tropical            |                                   |
| meteorology, atmospheric and      |                                   |
| oceanic chemistry, and acoustics. |                                   |
| AOML scientists study the         |                                   |
| relationships between ocean and   |                                   |
| atmosphere by conducting research |                                   |
| in both near shore and open ocean |                                   |
| environments. Here are a few      |                                   |
| examples. The lab conducts        |                                   |
| research relevant to annual-to    |                                   |
| decadal climate change. AOML      |                                   |
| operates a GOOS (Global Ocean     |                                   |
| Observing System) Center that     |                                   |
| collects upper ocean data from a  |                                   |
| wide variety of platforms,        |                                   |
| performs quality control, and     |                                   |
| transmits the data to operational |                                   |
| forecast centers and research     |                                   |
| scientists.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| AOML\'s hurricane research        |                                   |
| improves the understanding and    |                                   |
| prediction of hurricane motion,   |                                   |
| intensity change, and the impacts |                                   |
| from wind, waves, surge, and      |                                   |
| rain. AOML is involved in the     |                                   |
| South Florida Ecosystem           |                                   |
| Restoration, providing timely     |                                   |
| evaluation of the effects of      |                                   |
| different upstream management     |                                   |
| alternatives upon the Florida Bay |                                   |
| and adjacent coastal marine       |                                   |
| ecosystems. As part of the Coral  |                                   |
| Reef Watch effort, AOML has       |                                   |
| installed Coral Reef Early        |                                   |
| Warning Systems networks in the   |                                   |
| Caribbean and maintains \"expert  |                                   |
| system\" software to screen raw   |                                   |
| data, synthesize information      |                                   |
| products for transmittal via the  |                                   |
| Web and email, and analyze data   |                                   |
| in near real-time to determine if |                                   |
| environmental conditions are      |                                   |
| conducive to specific biological  |                                   |
| events, such as coral bleaching.  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.aoml.noa              |                                   |
| a.gov](http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***FL-22***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Fort Lauderdale***             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Protected Resources Division**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fort Lauderdale Field Office**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Fort Lauderdale Field Office  |                                   |
| analyzes the impacts of projects  |                                   |
| in southeastern Florida on        |                                   |
| species and habitat protected by  |                                   |
| the Endangered Species Act. These |                                   |
| analyses ensure important         |                                   |
| projects can be completed without |                                   |
| jeopardizing the sustainability   |                                   |
| of threatened and endangered      |                                   |
| species or the habitat critical   |                                   |
| to their survival.                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Jupiter***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean Exploration and |                                   |
| Research**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Undersea Research Center for    |                                   |
| the Caribbean**                   |                                   |
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| 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  |                                   |
| Caribbean, located at the         |                                   |
| Caribbean Marine Research Center  |                                   |
| in Jupiter, 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 maintains laboratory       |                                   |
| facilities in Vero Beach and      |                                   |
| research support in Lee Stocking  |                                   |
| Island, Bahamas, and supports     |                                   |
| fisheries research on valuable    |                                   |
| species, climate change,          |                                   |
| biological diversity and          |                                   |
| anthropogenic stresses of corals. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.nurp.noaa.gov and     |                                   |
| http://www.oc                     |                                   |
| eanexplorer.noaa.gov]{.underline} |                                   |
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| ***FL-23***                       |                                   |
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| ***West Palm Beach***             |                                   |
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| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
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| **Habitat Conservation Division** |                                   |
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| **West Palm Beach Field Office**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The West Palm Beach Field Office  |                                   |
| is co-located with the U.S.       |                                   |
| Environmental Protection Agency's |                                   |
| South Florida Office. This office |                                   |
| is responsible for implementing   |                                   |
| NMFS' habitat protection programs |                                   |
| in southeastern Florida. In       |                                   |
| addition to conducting mandated   |                                   |
| essential fish habitat            |                                   |
| consultations associated with     |                                   |
| extensive coastal development     |                                   |
| activities, the West Palm Beach   |                                   |
| Field Office conducts coral       |                                   |
| research and restoration          |                                   |
| activities, supports the planning |                                   |
| activities of the Federal Highway |                                   |
| Administration and Florida        |                                   |
| Department of Transportation, and |                                   |
| participates in the planning      |                                   |
| processes for major federal water |                                   |
| development projects.             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http:                            |                                   |
| //sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/hcd/hcd.htm> |                                   |
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| ***FL-24***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Kennedy Space Center***        |                                   |
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| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
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| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Systems         |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Lockheed Range Standardization  |                                   |
| and Augmentation (RSA)**          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The numerical weather prediction  |                                   |
| and forecast applications system, |                                   |
| RSA, has been accepted and is now |                                   |
| integrated into the USAF system,  |                                   |
| meeting coding standards for the  |                                   |
| modeling and analysis             |                                   |
| infrastructure developed in       |                                   |
| Boulder at NOAA\'s Earth System   |                                   |
| Research Center with Lockheed.    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www-s                     |                                   |
| dd.fsl.noaa.gov/RSA/]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Titusville***                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Field Office**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Law Enforcement |                                   |
| is dedicated primarily to the     |                                   |
| enforcement of laws that protect  |                                   |
| and regulate our nation's living  |                                   |
| marine resources and their        |                                   |
| natural habitat. Office of Law    |                                   |
| Enforcement special agents and    |                                   |
| enforcement officers have         |                                   |
| specified authority to enforce    |                                   |
| over 37 statutes, as well as      |                                   |
| numerous treaties related to the  |                                   |
| conservation and protection of    |                                   |
| marine resources and other        |                                   |
| matters of concern to NOAA.       |                                   |
| Stretching across the Gulf of     |                                   |
| Mexico, up the eastern seaboard   |                                   |
| from the Florida Keys to the      |                                   |
| northern shore of North Carolina  |                                   |
| and covering United States        |                                   |
| territorial waters in the         |                                   |
| Caribbean, the Southeast          |                                   |
| Enforcement Division\'s           |                                   |
| responsibility is vast beyond     |                                   |
| measure.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Southeast Division is home to |                                   |
| the nation\'s large shrimp trawl  |                                   |
| fishery, and is widely known for  |                                   |
| its vast coral reefs fisheries,   |                                   |
| turtle beaches, and highly prized |                                   |
| saltwater game fish. Georgian     |                                   |
| waters also play host to the      |                                   |
| calving grounds for the           |                                   |
| approximately 350 endangered      |                                   |
| Northern Right whales, while      |                                   |
| Floridian waters hold the only    |                                   |
| continental coral reef in the     |                                   |
| United States. The Divisions is   |                                   |
| also responsible for enforcement  |                                   |
| activities within the Florida     |                                   |
| Keys, Flower Garden Bank, the     |                                   |
| Monitor and Gray's Reef National  |                                   |
| Marine Sanctuaries.               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.nmf                   |                                   |
| s.noaa.gov/ole/se_southeast.html> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***FL-25***                       |                                   |
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| ***Everglades City***             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Reference Network**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Everglades City Station**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The U.S. Climate Reference        |                                   |
| Network (USCRN) is an operational |                                   |
| network of climate stations. Data |                                   |
| from the USCRN will be used in    |                                   |
| operational climate monitoring    |                                   |
| activities and for placing        |                                   |
| current climate anomalies into an |                                   |
| historical perspective. NOAA\'s   |                                   |
| National Climatic Data Center     |                                   |
| (NCDC) manages and operates the   |                                   |
| USCRN. The USCRN will also        |                                   |
| provide the United States with a  |                                   |
| reference network that            |                                   |
| contributes to an International   |                                   |
| network under the auspices of the |                                   |
| Global Climate Observing System   |                                   |
| (GCOS). NOAA's National           |                                   |
| Environmental Satellite, Data,    |                                   |
| and Information Service and       |                                   |
| NOAA's Office of Oceanic and      |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research jointly      |                                   |
| manage USCRN.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <htt                              |                                   |
| p://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/hourly> |                                   |
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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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