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12/29/00 Hilo Weather Office Wins Isaac Cline Award

12/28/00 Researchers Drill South Pole Snowpack to Determine Century's Air Quality

12/22/00 NOAA Fisheries Announces January 1 Opening for 2001 Fisheries

12/20/00 Coastal Research and Monitoring Strategy Released

12/19/00 National Weather Association Honors National Weather Service Employee

12/19/00 Companies Will Pay $73 Million for World's Largest DDT Site

12/19/00 Ups and Downs Mark Year In Weather for 2000, NOAA Says

12/18/00 2000 in Review: The Year Began with Record Warmth in the U.S. and Ends with Colder than Normal Temperatures Across Much of the Country

12/15/00 NOAA to Aid NORAD in Tracking Santa Claus

12/15/00 Microscopic Life Provides Clues About Past Climates, NOAA Scientist Tells AGU

12/15/00 One-Stop Shopping for Ice Core Data Available on Internet, NOAA Scientists Tell AGU

12/15/00 Ionosondes Used in Research Make Sophisticated Measurements of Outer Part of Earth's Atmosphere, NOAA Scientist Tells AGU

12/15/00 New Tree Ring Data Providing Clues to Temperatures in Rockies from 1000 Years Ago, NOAA Tells AGU

12/14/00 Santa Asks NOAA: Who Will Have a White Christmas?

12/12/00 Southern Plains States Brace for Arctic Cold/wintry Mix

12/12/00 NOAA Names New Director of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

12/11/00 Fisheries Service Offers $10,000 Reward in a Netting Case Which Caused Four Green Sea Turtle Deaths

12/11/00 Commerce Secretary Mineta Takes Strong Actions As Alarming New Findings About Coral Reefs Are Released

12/8/00 Feds Consider Updates to Lobster Rules

12/7/00 Major Arctic Outbreak Threatens Western and Central United States

12/5/00 Sixth-graders Participate in NOAA's Internet at Sea Program

12/4/00 Rear Admiral Fields of NOAA Corps Honored by The Explorers Club

12/1/00 NOAA and Louisiana DNR Dedicate Little Vermilion Bay Project

12/1/00 After 82 Years, Aviation Weather Forecasts Still Flying High

12/1/00 New CD-ROM Climate Atlas of Contiguous United States Produced by NOAA

12/1/00 NOAA Fisheries Issues Biological Opinion on Alaskan Fisheries


11/30/00 Important Atlantic Billfish Rebuilding Program Adopted at International Meeting

11/30/00 Above-Average 2000 Atlantic Hurricane Season Continues Recent Upturn in Activity; U.S. Spared Extensive Hurricane Damage

11/27/00 Contract Awarded for Advanced Imager Instrument for Environmental Satellite System of the Future, NOAA Announces

11/27/00 National Weather Service/"Ham" Operators to Launch Special Event

11/24/00 Active Sun Sending Storms Towards Earth

11/21/00 Patterns of Global Climate Change Over Recent Centuries Reported By NOAA and University Scientists

11/21/00 NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown Returns to Charleston Home Port after Two Years of Global Exploration

11/20/00 New Wind Sensor Aboard NOAA Ship Withstands Storms, Provides Current Weather Data

11/20/00 NOAA Restoration Center to Partner with the Nature Conservancy on Marine Habitat Restoration

11/20/00 NOAA Announces Southwest Habitat Restoration Grants for 2000

11/20/00 NOAA Announces Northeast Habitat Restoration Grants for 2000

11/17/00 NOAA Increases Commitment to Halt International Poaching and Importation of Illegal Seafood

11/17/00 Carter Named Hydrology Director, National Weather Service

11/16/00 Oak Ridge Boy Richard Sterban Honored by NOAA

11/16/00 NOAA Weather Radio Receivers Make Good Gifts This Holiday Season

11/14/00 NOAA Charges Commercial Vessel Owner and Fisherman with Violations of the Lacey Act and False Reporting

11/14/00 President Clinton Signs the National Marine Sanctuary Act of 2000 and Establishes New Scholarship

11/13/00 October Temperatures Above Normal in Much of U.S., NOAA Reports; January through October Warmest on Record

11/13/00 Kathleen Kelly Named Director of Satellite Operations at NOAA

11/13/00 Wild Atlantic Salmon in Maine Protected as Endangered Species

11/9/00 New Class of NOAA Corps Recruits Graduates from Officers' Training Today

11/9/00 NRC Report Confirms Use of Marine Protected Areas as Tool for Sustaining Ocean Ecosystems

11/6/00 NOAA Increases Enforcement of Feeding Ban to Protect Wild Dolphins

11/6/00 NOAA-16 Environmental Satellite Successfully Completes Testing and Is Turned Over to NOAA

11/6/00 Space Radar Corporation Surrenders Satellite Operating License, NOAA Reports

11/3/00 Satellite Processing of 121.5/243 MHz Emergency Beacons to Be Terminated on Feb. 1, 2009

11/2/00 Congress Approves Half-million to Implement Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Agricultural Plan

11/2/00 National Sea Grant Director Wins Presidential Rank Award

11/2/00 NOAA to Host Meeting of World Data Centers

11/1/00 Climate Change and Human Impacts Are Damaging the World's Coral Reefs, NOAA Reports

11/1/00 New Life, Energy Sources Found During Gulf of Mexico Exploration

11/1/00 NOAA Fisheries Announces Ocean Aquaculture Workshops


10/25/00 NOAA Science Center Hosts Public Open House

10/24/00 President Honors NOAA Research Scientist

10/23/00 NOAA Science Advisory Board Meets in Hawaii

10/20/00 NOAA Fisheries Announces Delay in Release of Biological Opinion

10/20/00 NOAA Seeks Comments on a Proposed Authorization for the Harassment of Dolphins Incidental to Explosive Testing of an Obstacle and Mine Clearance System at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

10/19/00 NOAA/EPA Approve Puerto Rico's New Polluted Runoff Program

10/19/00 United States and Russia Release Joint Sea Ice Atlas for the Arctic Ocean

10/17/00 NOAA Donates Computers to Watsonville High School

10/17/00 NOAA's Environmental Satellites Provide Early Warning of Drought to Countries Around the World

10/17/00 Origin of Life on Earth May Have Begun with Tiny Atmospheric Droplets

10/17/00 Commerce Secretary Mineta Opens Doors to a New World-Class Federal Marine Research Facility in Santa Cruz

10/13/00 NOAA Research Names Employees of the Year

10/13/00 U.S. and Russian Arctic Climate Data Released, NOAA and National Snow and Ice Data Center Announce

10/12/00 Commerce Secretary Mineta Acts to Protect Horseshoe Crabs

10/12/00 NOAA Issues Nation's Official Winter Outlook

10/10/00 NOAA and the National Space Club Seek Nominations for Prestigious NOAA-David Johnson Award

10/10/00
National Weather Service Veteran Dean Gulezian Named Eastern Region Director

10/7/00 Scientists Dive Deep to Explore New World of Gulf's Riches

10/6/00 NOAA Fisheries Closes Area on the Grand Banks to Longline Fishermen under Emergency Rule to Protect Sea Turtles

10/6/00 NOAA Ship Rude Surveys Approaches to New Haven, Conn.

10/5/00 Ozone Hole Earlier, but Not Deeper in 2000

10/4/00 Scientists Use the Past as a Guide to Future Climate Change

10/3/00 From Tornadoes to Floods, Lewis and Clark County Stormready

10/2/00 Departments of Commerce and Interior Support United Kingdom's Move to Protect Basking Sharks


9/28/00 NOAA Scientists Study How Hurricanes Intensify Over Deep Warm Pools of Gulf Water

9/27/00 NOAA Awards Contract for Research Supercomputer

9/27/00 New NOAA Program Provides Early Warning of Coral Bleaching

9/21/00 Extreme Weather Events to Continue and Likely Increase; Effects on Society More Intense

9/21/00 NOAA-L Weather Satellite Successfully Launched

9/20/00 Rear Admiral Evelyn Fields, NOAA Corps, Receives Commerce Department's Highest Honor

9/20/00 NOAA Recaps Summer of 2000, Says La Niña Influence Gone

9/19/00 Commerce Secretary Mineta Announces Launch of New Vital Global Climate Prediction Project

9/15/00 Secretary Mineta Urges Congress to Fund Ocean Programs

9/14/00 NOAA's Satellite Ground System Ready If Hurricane Should Wallop Wallops

9/13/00 Ozone Layer's Recovery Still in the Future

9/11/00 NOAA Fisheries Ship Model Resurfaces in S. Portland Bank

9/11/00 James DuGranrut Becomes New Deputy Director of NOAA's Aircraft Operations Center in Tampa

9/8/00 NOAA Proposes Penalties of $12,500 Against Two Panama City Red Snapper Fishermen

9/7/00 National Weather Service Commemorates 1900 Galveston Hurricane

9/7/00 Oak Ridge Boys Singer Records NOAA Weather Radio Public Service Announcement

9/1/00 NOAA Fisheries, Ocean Trust and National Fisheries Institute Launch Habitat Restoration Program


8/31/00 NOAA Fisheries Announces Ocean Aquaculture Workshops

8/29/00 Dutch Harbor-Unalaska Is Nation's Top Fishing Port for 1999

8/29/00 North Atlantic Climate Swing Seen in NOAA Computer Model

8/29/00 NOAA, NASA to Launch New Environmental Satellite

8/28/00 Miss Piggy and Kermit Reunited of NOAA's Aircraft Operations Center in Tampa

8/24/00 Natural Disaster Slide Sets Available from NOAA

8/24/00 NOAA Seeks Comments on an Application from Scripps to Research New Methods for Measuring Global Warming

8/24/00 Northeast Summer Increases Hurricane Flood Threat

8/23/00 Edward N. Rappaport Named Deputy Director of Tropical Prediction Center - National Hurricane Center

8/23/00 Advanced Weather Technology Is Fully Operational at National Weather Service Offices Nationwide

8/22/00 NOAA Announces Plans to Raise More Artifacts from the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary

8/21/00 Tornado Season Unusually Quiet

8/17/00 All Systems "Go" on New Weather Satellite

8/17/00 Sanctuary Advisory Council Considers Proposed Regulation Alternatives
Management Plan Review Underway for Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

8/17/00 July Temperatures Cooler in Much of U.S., NOAA Reports, But Hot Temperatures and Drought Persist in the South and West; January through July Warmest on Record

8/16/00 NOAA Launches New Web Site on Ancient Droughts

8/14/00 Capt. Bob Maxson, NOAA Corps, Becomes New Director of NOAA's Aircraft Operations Center in Tampa

8/10/00 2000 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook Still "Above Average"

8/8/00 National Weather Service Reiterates Safety Messages as Season's First Hurricane Brews in the Atlantic

8/8/00 Commerce Secretary Mineta, Delaware Governor Carper Announce Proposal to Protect Horseshoe Crabs in Delaware Bay

8/8/00 Virginia must Comply with Plan to Conserve Horseshoe Crabs

8/4/00 Dr. Rebecca Lent Appointed Southwest Regional Administrator

8/4/00 Craig Mcdonald Named as Superintendent of NOAA's Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

8/3/00 New Assistant Administrator Named for National Ocean Service

8/3/00 USS Monitor's Propeller Shaft and Skeg Recovered by NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program and U.S. Navy

8/2/00 Rain Raises Great Lakes Levels, Still Below Average, Say NOAA Scientists

8/1/00 Americans Ate More Seafood in 1999

8/1/00 NOAA Fisheries Issues Final Rule Restricting Pelagic Longline Fisheries in Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico


7/28/00 Tropical Waters in Northern Hemisphere Heating at an Accelerated Rate, NOAA Reports

7/28/00 International Maritime Group Moves on Historic Measures to Protect Coral Reefs from Anchor Damage

7/27/00
NOAA Names Elizabeth Day Leader of Sea Grant Education Program

7/27/00
Federal Agencies Propose Comprehensive Salmon Recovery Strategy for Pacific Northwest

7/26/00 1100 Years of Rainfall Data for East Africa Available from NOAA

7/25/00
NOAA Fisheries to Hold Scoping Workshops on Potential Management Measures for Pelagic Longline Fishery

7/25/00
New NOAA Poster Depicts Floor of the Northern Gulf of Mexico

7/21/00
NOAA Seeks Public Comment on International Plan to Address Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported Fishing

7/19/00
Broward County Marine Science Magnet Students to Conduct Research Aboard NOAA Ship

7/19/00
Weather Service Names St. Louis Native as Central Region Director

7/18/00
Dr. Bill Hogarth Appointed Deputy Director of NOAA Fisheries

7/17/00
Underwater Landslides, Slumps May Intensify Tsunamis, Say Scientists

7/17/00
NOAA and Partners Sponsoring Summer Enrichment Camp

7/14/00 NOAA Predicts Severe Solar Storm for Saturday

7/13/00
NOAA'S Aquarius to Study Predators on Conch Reef

7/13/00
Dolphin Feeding and Harassment Is Harmful and Illegal, Federal Agency Reminds Public and Boaters

7/11/00
Department of Commerce Approves $10 Million Loan For Closed System Aquaculture Projects

7/7/00 NOAA Fines Two Texas Fishermen $439,000 and Imposes New Sanctions Against Them

7/5/00 Deputy Commerce Secretary Mallett Announces Regional Fishery Management Council Appointments


6/29/00 NOAA Survey Ship Rude to Participate in International Naval Review

6/28/00 New Climate Station at North Carolina Arboretum Unveiled

6/28/00 California Sea Grant Names New Director

6/26/00 NOAA Fisheries Approves Expanded Boundaries for Protected Habitat Area off Florida's East Coast to Protect Oculina Coral

6/26/00 Founder of Hawaii Fishing Foundation Receives Noaa Environmental Hero Award

6/26/00 NOAA Fisheries Partners with Top Recreational Fishing and Boating Organizations

6/23/00 Chevron Consistency Appeal Record Held Open

6/21/00 NOAA Fisheries, BoatU.S. Promote Marine Conservation And Saltwater Angling

6/20/00 Federal Agency Unveils Innovative E.S.A. Salmon Rules

6/20/00 Summer Forecast - Hot! NOAA, CDC Work To Save Lives From Potentially Deadly Heat

6/19/00 NOAA Fisheries to Perform Annual Turtle Excluder Device Testing

6/19/00 Agreement Reached on Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and
Underwater Preserve

6/16/00 USS Monitor to Undergo Restoration in Order to Prevent Collapse

6/16/00 U.S. Has Its Warmest Spring and Year-to-Date on Record, NOAA Reports

6/15/00 NOAA Charges South Carolina Commercial Vessel Owner and Fisherman for South Atlantic Snapper-grouper Violations

6/15/00 New Regulations Announced for the Gulf of Mexico Gag, Black, and Red Grouper Fisheries

6/14/00 Commerce Secretary Announces More Sea Scallops Available to North Atlantic Fishermen

6/12/00 NOAA Releases Report on Nutrient Related Water Quality Conditions in U.S. Estuaries

6/12/00 Scientists Take to the Florida Skies to Find Everglades Mercury Source

6/8/00 Louisiana Seafood Dealer and Fisherman Agree to Pay $178,000 for Shark Fishery Violations

6/8/00 Sustainable Seas Expeditions Launched in Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

6/7/00 NOAA Detects Major Solar Flare

6/6/00 NOAA Fisheries and American Sportfishing Association Dedicate One Million Dollars to Restore Fish Habitat

6/5/00 NOAA Biologists Install Unique Pilot Project on Louisiana's Chandeleur Islands

6/1/00 NOAA Fisheries Resumes Collection of Recreational Fishery Data in Caribbean

6/1/00 9th Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology Opens next Week in Hawaii


5/31/00 Unprecedented Partnership Protects California Sanctuaries From Catastrophic Oil Spills

5/26/00 NASCAR's Darrell Waltrip & NOAA's National Weather Service Warn Against Driving Through Flooded Roads

5/25/00 Secretary of Commerce Daley Inaugurates New Environmental Partnership Between Industry, Government

5/23/00 NOAA Scientists Study Supercell Thunderstorms in Kansas, Colorado

5/19/00 U.S. Has Its Warmest January-April on Record, NOAA Reports

5/19/00 GOES-11 Snaps First Image

5/18/00 U.S. Appeals Federal Court Ruling That Halted Implementation of a New Labeling Standard to Protect Dolphins

5/18/00 U.S. Sets Records for Seafood and Shellfish Imports in 1999

5/18/00 Dolphin Feeding and Harassment Is Harmful and Illegal, Federal Agency Reminds Public and Boaters

5/17/00 NOAA Fisheries Improves Recreational Fishing Survey

5/16/00 Latest Drought Forecast Brings Mix of Good and Bad as Government Issues Drought Commission Report

5/15/00 NOAA Partners with Top U.S. Environmental Organizations to Restore America's Estuaries

5/15/00 National Weather Service Offers Help Programming NOAA Weather Radios

5/15/00 Federal, State and Local Officials Announce Hurricane Awareness Week in Hawaii

5/11/00 Declining Numbers of Migratory Shore Birds and Horseshoe Crabs Have NOAA Fisheries Considering a Closure in Federal Waters

5/10/00 Three New Icebergs Break off in Antarctica, National Ice Center Reports

5/10/00 Eleven Honored for Contributions to NOAA Weather Radio Georgia Governor, QVC Among the Awardees

5/10/00 Mayfield Named New Director of National Hurricane Center

5/10/00 2000 Atlantic Hurricane Season Expected To Be Above Average; Forecasters Eye La Nina, Warn Against Inland-Flooding Hazards

5/9/00 NOAA Issues New Conservation Measures to Protect Toothfish

5/9/00 NOAA Awards Engineering Contract for Satellite Support

5/5/00 New Sea Grant Director for Maryland Named

5/5/00 NOAA Names Environmental Hero at Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve

5/5/00 NOAA Scientists Send Mini-R2D2 to Help Close Arctic Research Gap

5/5/00 Science Applications International Corp. Selected for National Data Buoy Center Contract

5/5/00 White Abalone Proposed as ‘Endangered ‘ under Endangered Species Act

5/4/00 Winters Area Resident Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to the National Weather Service

5/4/00 NOAA Fisheries/Sea Grant Name Four to New Fellowship Program

5/3/00 New Ruling Will Help Hearing Impaired Receive Severe Weather Information

5/3/00 Fourth Satellite in NOAA GOES Series Successfully Launched

5/1/00 First Anniversary of May 3, 1999, Tornado Outbreak Highlights Importance of Warnings and Provides Safety Lessons




4/27/00
NOAA Responds to Request to Quickly Produce New Nautical Chart for Summer Safety

4/27/00 National Weather Service Dedicated Forecast Office in Typhoon Alley

4/27/00 In the Wake of the Chalk Point Oil Spill: Restoring the Public's Natural Resources

4/26/00 National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area Weather Forecast Office Welcomes New Meteorologist in Charge

4/26/00 New Weather Research Supercomputer Will Improve Future Forecasts

4/26/00 National Weather Service Forecasters Play Key Role in Atlantis Launch and Landing

4/24/00 National Weather Service Consolidates River Data on Internet

4/21/00 NOAA Names Earth Day Heroes for Year 2000

4/21/00 NOAA Names Earth Day Heroes at Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

4/21/00 National Weather Service Announces New Meteorologist-in-charge for Capital Region of Texas

4/21/00 Hurricane Awareness Goal of Gulf Coast Tour 2000

4/20/00 Weather Observer Receives 30 Year Length of Service Award

4/20/00 Officials Mark New Coastal Polluted Runoff Control Effort

4/20/00 National Weather Service Fills Chief Information Officer Post

4/20/00 Unraveling the Mystery of How the Atmosphere Cleanses Itself

4/20/00 Fisheries Service, Northwest Indian College Form National Indian Center for Research and Education

4/19/00 Federal Groundfish Rules Approved for Fishing Year 2000

4/19/00 NOAA Issues Latest Drought Update

4/18/00 NOAA Reports Record Warmth for January - March 2000

4/18/00 NOAA, NASA to Launch Latest Eye-in-the-sky Weather Satellite

4/13/00 Study Reports Distant Forest Fires Affect U.S. Air Quality

4/13/00 Commerce Secretary Disappointed at Federal Court Ruling

4/12/00 National Weather Service Offers Help Programming Noaa Weather Radios

4/11/00 NOAA Fisheries Develops a New Method of Surveying Charter Boat Fishing Trips

4/7/00 Great Lakes Could Reach New Record Low Levels, Say Commerce Secretary Daley & NOAA Scientists

4/7/00
New Iceberg, B-18, Calves in the Ross Sea

4/6/00 First Major Solar Storm of the Millennium

4/5/00 River Flooding Spreads in Southern States

4/5/00 Spiny Dogfish Plan Implemented Stock Rebuilding to Start May 1

4/3/00 Commerce Secretary Daley Proposes National Foundation to Support Marine Sanctuaries


3/31/00 NOAA Charges Commercial Vessel Owner and Fisherman with South Atlantic Shrimp Fishery Violations

3/30/00 NOAA Laboratory Director To Retire from Federal Service

3/30/00 NOAA Central Library Selected Federal Library of the Year

3/30/00 April 1 Marks 40th Anniversary of First Weather Satellite

3/28/00 Environmental Modeling Center Gets New Director

3/23/00 NOAA Scientists Find Possible Cause for Early 20th Century Global Warming

3/23/00 World Ocean Has Warmed Significantly over past 40 Years

3/22/00 Sea Grant Broadens Minority Marine and Coastal Science Program

3/16/00 NOAA and CRADA Partner Debut Internet-based Update Service for Digital Nautical Charts

3/15/00 NOAA Supporting Conference in Atmospheric Sciences at Howard University

3/15/00 NOAA Places Tornado Information on Line

3/13/00 NOAA Proposes New Conservation Measures to Protect Toothfish

3/13/00 Drought Grips Nearly Half of U.S.

3/10/00 Lt. Cmdr. Scott Kuester, NOAA Corps, Takes Command of Ferrel

3/10/00 NOAA's Aviation Forecasters Have New Weapon To Reduce Flight Delays

3/10/00 NOAA Seeking Public Comment on U.S. Navy Request to Shock Test a New Warship off the Atlantic Coast

3/10/00 U.S. Has its Warmest Winter on Record, 1999-2000, NOAA Reports

3/8/00 International Teamwork: Goal of U.S. Hurricane Specialists' Visit to Carribean Islands

3/8/00 NOAA Takes Viewers ‘Live From the Storm'

3/8/00 Low Carbon Dioxide Levels in Atmosphere During Glacial Periods May Be Caused by Antarctic Sea-ice

3/8/00 Visiting Scientist Sought, NOAA and CIRA Announce

3/8/00 NOAA Fisheries and National Fisheries Institute Join Forces to Help Restore Fish Habitats and Coastal Environments

3/3/00 NOAA Issues New Views of the Globe

3/2/00 U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Unveils Groundbreaking Plan

3/2/00 From Tornadoes to Tsunamis, NOAA Wants Nation to Be Stormready




2/28/00 Aquarius Begins 2000 Mission Season with JASON XI

2/28/00 National Data Buoy Center Gets New Director

2/25/00 Innovative Aviation Website Now Provides User-friendly Graphic Forecasts

2/24/00 Conservation Efforts Increase in Recreational Fishing Community

2/24/00 NOAA READY to Help Balloonist

2/22/00 Former NOAA Employee to be Inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame

2/22/00 Record Breaking Temperatures Seen as Possible Evidence Of Faster Rate of Global Warming, NOAA Reports

2/22/00 Satellites and Education Conference to Be Held March 9-11, NOAA Announces

2/18/00 World's Most Advanced Weather Technology Commissioned at Taunton River Forecast Center

2/17/00 Oceanographers Say Dead Whales Provide Deep-Sea Living Legacy

2/17/00 New Program Offers Special Price for Life-saving NOAA Weather Radio

2/17/00 Scientists Taking Earth's Temperature Address Different Readings

2/15/00 Implementation of Proposed Regulations for the Gulf of Mexico Gag,
Black Grouper, and Red Grouper Fisheries Postponed

2/8/00 U.S. Helps Name Tropical Cyclones in the Western North Pacific and South China Sea

2/7/00 NOAA Announces FY 2001 Budget Request

2/4/00 Feds Propose Listing of Northern California Steelhead Run Under ESA

2/4/00 NOAA Names Members to Two Advisory Panels

2/4/00 NOAA Awards Contract for Ground Systems Engineering and Depot Support

2/3/00 NOAA Aids in Rescue of 23 Boaters

2/2/00 Heavy Snow and Ice Spur Weather Service Flood Concerns in the East

2/1/00 Commerce Secretary Daley Appoints Nathaniel Robinson to Sea Grant Review Panel

2/1/00 Commerce Secretary Daley Appoints Robert Duce to Sea Grant Review Panel

2/1/00 Commerce Secretary Daley Appoints Robin Alden to Sea Grant Review Panel

2/1/00 Commerce Secretary Daley Appoints Three Sea Grant Panel Members


1/31/00 NOAA Scientist Receives Nation's Highest Scientific Honor

1/31/00 NOAA Study Seeks to Improve Accuracy of Winter Weather Forecasts

1/20/00 Dangerous Winter Storm Hits East Coast

1/19/00 Weather Service Predicts below Normal Flooding for Eastern U.S.

1/19/00
Commerce Secretary Daley Announces West Coast Groundfish Fishery Failure

1/19/00 NOAA Releases New Poster of Floor of Lake Ontario

1/18/00
NOAA Seeks Comments on a Proposed Authorization for CALTRANS to Harass Seals and Sea Lions During Demonstration Bay Bridge Project

1/18/00 New Supercomputer Helps NOAA'S Weather Service Improve Speed and Accuracy of Weather Forecasts

1/14/00 New Partnership Brings Agriculture, Environment Together to Protect Ocean

1/12/00 NOAA Nabs Another Red Snapper Poacher

1/11/00 NOAA Scientist Receives American Meteorological Society's Highest Award

1/10/00 Sustainable Seas Expedition Kicks off 10th Mission in Hawaii

1/7/00 New Technology, Communication, Staff Dedication Helped Save Lives as Winter Tornado Hit Kentucky

1/5/00 Commerce Department Awards Gold Medal to Three NOAA Offices for Recovery Efforts Following Crash of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s Aircraft

1/5/00 NOAA Awards Bronze Medal to Aircraft Operations Center's Systems Engineering Division

1/5/00 Commerce Department Awards Gold Medal to NOAA Ship Oregon II

1/4/00 Commerce Department Implements Regulations to Reduce Dolphin Mortality in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean