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JUGGLING MULTIPLE ROLES, NOAA RESPONDS TO THE M/V
ATHOS I OIL SPILL IN DELAWARE
NOAA employees work around the clock protecting and conserving
the nation's precious natural resources. From creating and
updating navigational charts to rescuing stranded animals,
NOAA frequently wears several hats in order to fulfill its
mission. A good example of this is the M/V Athos I oil spill,
ongoing in the Delaware River near Philadelphia, that highlights
NOAA's multiple roles in response to hazardous material spills.
NOAA is providing scientific support to the U.S. Coast Guard,
acting as a natural resource trustee, providing weather and
oceanographic data, assisting with consultation requirements
for endangered species, and operating a navigation survey
of the accident site.
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INTERIOR DEPARTMENT AND WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ANNOUNCE ACTIONS TO CONSERVE CORAL REEFS
— A request will be made by the Bush administration for
$2.7 million to support state and local coral conservation efforts
to implement local action strategies developed by the states,
territories and commonwealths that make up the U.S. Coral Reef
Task Force. |
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AUSTRALIA'S
GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK NAMES REEF IN MEMORY OF NOAA
SCIENTIST NANCY FOSTER — Nancy Foster, longtime
NOAA scientist and administrator, has been honored posthumously
by Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park with the naming
of a section of the world's largest coral reef in her honor.
Foster becomes only the second American so recognized, the other
is famed ecologist and author Rachel Carson for whom a reef
was designated in 1996. |
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PROVIDES WRAP-UP ON VERY ACTIVE 2004 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON
— The 2004 Atlantic hurricane season was one for the record
books, say NOAA hurricane and climate prediction specialists.
Nine named storms affected the United States during the six-month
hurricane season—three as tropical storms (Bonnie, Hermine
and Matthew) and six as hurricanes (Alex, Charley, Frances,
Gaston, Ivan and Jeanne). Three of the hurricanes (Charley,
Ivan, and Jeanne) made landfall as major hurricanes. |
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