NOAA News Releases 2003

December

12/29/03 — Global Observing System Hits Milestone with 1,000TH Argo Float

12/24/03 — NOAA Fisheries Implements New Fishing Regulations for Atlantic Sharks

12/23/03 — NOAA Fisheries Issues Evaluation of Federal Implementation Of 2000 Columbia Basin Salmon Biological Opinion

12/22/03 — San Diego County Gets New Marine NOAA Weather Radio Transmitter

12/22/03 — Mono County Gets New Weather Warning System

12/22/03 — NOAA Fisheries Seeking Input on New Research Plan

12/17/03 — NOAA and Florida Department of Environmental Protection Awarded $2.2 Million for South Florida Oil Spill

12/16/03 — NOAA Fisheries Announces Bering Sea/Aleutian Island Crab Fishery Buyback

12/16/03 — Twitchell Dam Observer Receives National Weather Service Award

12/16/03 — NOAA Reports 2003 Was Marked by Contrasting Conditions Across the U.S. While Global Temperatures Remain High

12/15/03 — NOAA and U.S. Navy Uncover Secrets of Lost Civil War Submarine USS Alligator

12/12/03 — Fort Thomas, Ariz. Family Recognized by National Weather Service for More than 45 Years of Outstanding Service

12/11/03 — NOAA Fisheries Seeking Public Comment on Essential Fish Habitat Guidelines

12/10/03 — Ensign Briana J. Welton of Hereford, Ariz., Graduates from NOAA Corps Officers' Training

12/10/03 — Ensign Jason Mansour of Plesanton, Calif., Graduates from NOAA Corps Officers' Training

12/10/03 — New Class of NOAA Corps Recruits Graduates from Officers' Training Today

12/10/03 — Are We Cleared to Land? The Wright Brothers Help NOAA Show the Way

12/10/03 — Bredette, Mont., Resident Recognized by National Weather Service for More than 37 Years of Outstanding Service

12/10/03 — NOAA's United States Coast Pilot Nautical Books Now Available on the Internet

12/10/03 — NOAA, UNH Scientists Lead Ocean-Mapping Cruise to the High Arctic

12/10/03 — NOAA's Environmental Observing System Gets a ‘Gracie'

12/8/03 — NOAA's Participation Key Federal Component as Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership Marks 20th Anniversary

12/8/03 — NOAA's Dart Right on Tsunami Target

12/8/03 — During Hawaii Winter Weather Season National Weather Service Urges Turn Around, Don't Drown

12/8/03 — National Weather Service Honors Veteran Weather Observer

12/4/03 — International Commission Acts on Conservation, Illegal Fishing and Promotes Sea Turtle Data Collection

12/4/03 — National Weather Service Climatologist Receives Maryland Governor's Award

12/4/03 — NOAA Weather Radio Olympia Transmitter Moves to Capitol Peak

12/3/03 — NOAA's Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Seeks Recreational Fishing and Public At-large Applicants for Advisory Council

12/3/03 — Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries Improve ESA Consultation Process in Support of President's Healthy Forests Initiative

12/2/03 — Commerce Department Awards Gold Medal to Juneau National Weather Service Meteorologist

12/1/03 — NOAA Reports Above-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season

November

11/25/03 — NOAA to Commission New Climate Monitoring Network

11/21/03 — U.S. and Canada Sign Agreement Allocating Pacific Whiting Harvests for next Decade

11/19/03 — Invasive Marine Species Found on Georges Bank

11/19/03 — NOAA Issues Call for Papers for Future Goes Mission

11/19/03 — Top NOAA Officials Address Senior International Colleagues at the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites

11/18/03 — From Tornadoes to Floods - Fairfax County Is "StormReady"

11/17/03 — Veteran Jamestown Weather Observer Receives National Weather Service Recognition

11/17/03 — Ohio Man Saved by Using Personal Locator Beacon

11/17/03 — 4th Annual National Severe Weather Workshop to Be Held in March

11/17/03 — NOAA Reports Record Warmth in the West Cooler than Average in Parts of the East in October Europe Cooler than Average in Contrast to Much of Globe

11/17/03 — NOAA Reports Potent Greenhouse Gas Levels off

11/14/03 — NOAA/Columbia University Establish Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research

11/12/03 — Veteran Subacio Weather Observer Receives National Weather Service Recognition

11/12/03 — Virginia Firm Wins $2M NOAA Contract to Support GOES-R Satellite Program

11/12/03 — Three Maryland Firms Win NOAA Contract to Support GOES-R Satellite Program

11/12/03 — Washington, D.C. Firm Wins NOAA Contract to Support Goes-R Satellite Program

11/12/03 — Florida Firm Wins NOAA Contract to Support GOES-R Satellite Program

11/12/03 — Two Colorado Firms Win NOAA Contract to Support GOES-R Satellite Program

11/12/03 — Two California Firms Win NOAA Contracts to Support GOES-R Satellite Program

11/12/03 — Arizona Firm Wins $1M NOAA Contract to Support GOES-R Satellite Program

11/10/03 — NOAA Names Director of Climate Office, Program

11/6/03 — Deep Sea Coral Researchers Receive Surprise Visit at 500 Meters

11/6/03 — Study Concludes African Droughts and Dust Affect Weather in Caribbean

11/6/03 — Discoveries on Seamounts, in Submarine Canyons and Deep-sea Corals of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Include New Species, New Genera and Possibly a New Family of Life

11/6/03 — Brooklyn, N.Y. Resident to Be Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to NOAA National Weather Service

11/5/03 — NOAA and OU Joint Research Institute in Norman Celebrate 25th Anniversary

11/5/03 — Cowlitz and Clark Counties Get New NOAA Weather Radio Transmitter

11/4/03 — NOAA Announces $2.5 Million Grant to University of Oklahoma

11/4/03 — Applicants Sought for Advisory Council at Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary

11/4/03 — Statement by Retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator, in Response to the National Research Council’s Study on Exploration of the Seas

11/3/03 — NOAA National Weather Service Dedicates New Building

11/3/03 — NOAA Issues Florida Fisheries Pathology Report; No Human Health Threat Identified

October

10/31/03 — Symposium Honors Life, Work of NOAA Scientist Jim Angell

10/31/03 — Release of Carbon Dioxide from the Equatorial Pacific Ocean Intensified During the 1990s

10/31/03 — NOAA Grant Allows Fish Passage Improvement in Tillamook Bay Estuary

10/31/03 — Dedicated Citizens Sample Rainy Season's "First Flush" of Storm Water into Noaa's Monterey Bay Sanctuary

10/31/03 — NOAA Awards $945,000 to Sarasota Laboratory

10/31/03 — NOAA Awards over $940,000 to the Virginia Oyster Reef Heritage Foundation

10/31/03 — NOAA Awards Nearly $3 Million to Boost Idaho Salmon

10/31/03 — NOAA Announces $1.2 Million Grant to Maryland Department of Natural Resources

10/31/03 — NOAA Awards $4.3 Million to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

10/30/03 — Weed, California Rest Stop Gets Weather and All Hazards Warning System

10/30/03 Cordez, Arizona Resident Recognized by National Weather Service for 65 Years of Service as Weather Observer—

10/30/03 — Vessel Monitoring System and Litigation Data Base Net NOAA Fisheries Prestigious National Award

10/29/03 — NOAA Fisheries Holds Public Meetings on Atlantic Striped Bass Management

10/29/03 — Educators, Resource Managers, General Public to Get Close Look at Monterey Bay Sanctuary Through Interactive Web Site

10/29/03 — NOAA Coastal Services Center Awards over $15 Million to Coastal Observation Projects

10/29/03 — Powerful Solar Storm Reaches Earth

10/29/03 — NOAA Awards Contracts to Support GOES-R Program

10/29/03 — King Mackerel Trip Limit Reduced to 500 Pounds per Day in Northern Florida West Coast Subzone for Commercial Hook-and-line Vessels

10/28/03 — NOAA, NCAR Work Together to Compare, Analyze Climate Models

10/27/03 — Chelan County Communities Earn "StormReady" Title

10/27/03 — Federal Agencies Partner to Redevelop Portfields

10/27/03 — Proposed Rule to Establish Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Referendum Procedures and Vote Weighting Formula

10/24/03 — Commerce Department Awards Bronze Medal to Hawaii Residents

10/24/03 — Commerce Department Awards Bronze Medal to Former Boise Meteorologist

10/24/03 — Commerce Department Awards Bronze Medal to Pocatello Meteorologist

10/24/03 — Commerce Department Awards Bronze Medal to Glasgow Weather Office

10/24/03 — Commerce Department Awards Bronze Medal to Spokane Meteorologist

10/24/03 — NOAA Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary Releases Draft Management Plan for Public Comment

10/23/03 — NOAA'S Teacher at Sea from Hawaii Honored on Capitol Hill

10/23/03 — Commerce Department Awards Gold Medal to NOAA Scientists

10/23/03 — NOAA Awards $150,000 to Restore the Olympia Oyster in Puget Sound

10/23/03 — NOAA Awards $100,000 to San Francisquito Creek Watershed Council

10/23/03 — NOAA and Clarksville, Indiana Mark the Trail of Lewis and Clark

10/23/03 — NOAA Awards over $963,000 to University of South Alabama for Oyster Reef Restoration

10/23/03 — NOAA Finds Historic Shipwrecks at Kure Atoll in Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve

10/23/03 — John S. Ramsdell Is Awarded the Department of Commerce Silver Medal

10/23/03 — Captain David B. Macfarland Is Awarded the Department of Commerce Gold Medal

10/23/03 — NOAA Scientist Honored with Top Award

10/22/03 — NOAA National Weather Service Employees and Partners Receive National Weather Association Awards

10/22/03 — Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary And Underwater Preserve Announces Advisory Council Members

10/21/03 — Red Snapper Commercial Fishery in Gulf of Mexico Federal Waters Will Open at Noon, November 1, 2003, and Close at Noon, November 10, 2003

10/21/03 — NOAA Research in Alaska Finds Link Between Shellfish Production and Intertidal Microalgae

10/17/03 — VT Halter Marine and NOAA Launch Hi-Tech Fisheries Survey Vessel; Announce Contract Award for Second Vessel

10/17/03 — NOAA Awards $250,000 to Educate Students and Teachers about the Monterey Bay Watershed

10/16/03 — NOAA and Louisville, Kentucky Mark the Trail of Lewis and Clark

10/16/03 — NOAA Reports near Average September in US While Global Temperature Is the Warmest

10/10/03 — NOAA Awards $230,000 to Restore Salmon Habitat Puget Sound

10/10/03 — NOAA Announces $867,853 for Southeast Fishery Habitat Restoration

10/10/03 — NOAA Announces $897,000 Grant to Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation

10/10/03 — NOAA Announces Grants Totaling $4.1 Million to Alaska Department of Fish and Game

10/9/03 — NOAA Awards More than $2.4 Million to National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

10/9/03 — NOAA Announces Funding for Salt Marsh Restoration in Dennis

10/9/03 — NOAA Commits Resources and $1.2 Million for Protection of Coral Reef Ecosystems

10/9/03 — NOAA Certifies University of Maryland "StormReady"

10/9/03 — NOAA Announces $180,000 to Help Restore Isles of Capri Fishery

10/9/03 — NOAA Announces $555,000 Grant to Georgia Department of Natural Resources

10/9/03 — NOAA Pilot Water Level Project to Benefit Coastal Managers In Alabama and Mississippi

10/8/03 — Eastern Magic Valley Gets New Weather Warning System

10/7/03 — NOAA Awards over $3.4 Million to Princeton University for Climate

10/7/03 — NOAA Awards $9 Million to Boulder’s University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

10/6/03 — NOAA Awards $400,000 to Gulf of Mexico Foundation for Habitat Restoration

10/6/03 — 2003 Antarctic Ozone ‘Hole' Near Record Size; Cold Temperatures Play Major Role

10/6/03 — Veteran Meteorologist to Lead NOAA National Weather Service Office at FAA Academy

10/6/03 — Applications Accepted for NOAA Scholarship Program

10/6/03 — NOAA Announces Details on Public Hearing for Islander East Pipeline Appeal

10/6/03 — NOAA Awards over $6 Million to Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

10/6/03 — NOAA Awards Nearly $6 Million to the Seward Association For the Advancement of Marine Science

10/6/03 — NOAA Awards $725,000 for Delaware Estuaries

10/6/03 — NOAA awards $596,100 to island county Department of Public Works

10/6/03 — NOAA Awards Almost $800,000 to Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management

10/3/03 — New England Students to Name Newest NOAA Ship

10/3/03 — NOAA-sponsored Team Explores Gulf of Mexico Corals

10/3/03 — Dedicates New NOAA Fisheries Research Facility in Newport

10/2/03 — NOAA Ships Refurbishing Brings $23 Million, over 100 Jobs to Portland Economy; NOAA Administrator to Tour Cascade General During Oct. 2 Visit

10/3/03 — NOAA Administrator Dedicates New Noaa Fisheries Research Facility In Newport

10/2/03 — NOAA Awards Grant To Sojourner-Douglass College To Establish Atmospheric Science Education Program

10/2/03 — NOAA Scientists Develop Blood Collection Cards That Provide New on Site Technology for Harmful Algal Bloom Rapid Response

10/1/03 — NOAA Awards over $970,000 to the University of Alaska Fairbanks

10/2/03 — NOAA Awards Grant to Sojourner-Douglass College to Establish Atmospheric Science Education Program

10/1/03 — Area Divers Lend a Hand to Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary

10/1/03 — NOAA Awards More than $1.4 Million to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

10/1/03 — NOAA Awards More than $800,000 to the University of Michigan

10/1/03 — National Oceanographic Partnership Program Announces First Award in Global Ocean Data Assimilation Effort

September

9/30/03 — U.S. Coral Reef Task Force 10th Meeting Set for CNMI, Guam OCT. 3-6 To Review Coral Reef Action Strategy Implementation Progress

9/30/03 — NOAA Awards over $550,000 to Rutgers University

9/30/03 — NOAA Awards Nearly $3 Million to Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Program

9/30/03 — NOAA Gets U.S. Consensus for El Niño/La Niña Index, Definitions

9/30/03 — NOAA Uses Remote Sensing Technology to Monitor and Identify Harmful Algal Blooms

9/30/03 — John Kelly Sworn in as Deputy under Secretary of Commerce For Oceans and Atmosphere

9/30/03 — NOAA Awards over $1 Million to Florida Department of Environmental Protection

9/29/03 — NOAA Fisheries Supports Cites Queen Conch Conservation Measures

9/29/03 — NOAA Awards Contract to Establish Support Scientist Program

9/29/03 — NOAA Awards Contract to Expand its Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service

9/26/03 — Scientists Discover Possible New Whale Subspecies

9/26/03 — NOAA Awards $555,000 to Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

9/26/03 — Koosharem Resident Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to NOAA National Weather Service

9/26/03 — NOAA Awards Nearly $3 Million to New Jersey Coastal Zone Management Program

9/26/03 — NOAA Awards More than $630,000 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

9/25/03 — NOAA Announces New Members, Alternates for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Advisory Council

9/25/03 — NOAA Awards More than $3.1 Million to California Coastal Commission

9/25/03 — NOAA Awards over $680,000 to South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium

9/25/03 — Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Holds Sanctuary Advisory Council Meeting

9/24/03 — NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserves Celebrate National Estuary Day with Live Webcasts

9/24/03 — NOAA Awards $500,000 To The Nature Conservancy Funds Will Be Used To Restore Marine Habitat And Protect Aquatic Species

9/23/03 — NOAA Names New Head of Research Office

9/22/03 — NOAA Fisheries Reminds Shrimpers That New Regulations Are in Effect and Being Enforced

9/22/03 — NOAA's Satellite Service Gets New Deputy Assistant Administrator

9/18/03 — Commerce Department Awards Silver Medal to Austin/San Antonio Weather Forecast Office

9/18/03 — Commerce Department Awards Silver Metal to Weather Forecast Offices in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee

9/18/03 — Commerce Department Awards Silver Metal to National Weather Service Employee

9/18/03 — John S. Ramsdell Is Awarded the Department of Commerce Silver Medal

9/18/03 — Captain David B. Macfarland Is Awarded the Department of Commerce Gold Medal

9/17/03 — NOAA Teacher at Sea Nancy Lewis of Hawaii Goes Aboard NOAA Ship To Take Ocean Look at Climate

9/17/03 — NOAA and Partners Use Satellite Technology and Computer Modeling to Successfully Locate Marine Debris

9/17/03 — Stage Is Set for Isabel to Impact Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

9/17/03 — Agencies Seek Input on Draft Regional Restoration Plan for Natural Resources Injured by Oil Spills

9/16/03 — Hundreds of Volunteers Join Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Annual Coastal Cleanup

9/16/03 — Three New Members Join Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council

9/16/03 — Fabian, Isabel Offer Wealth of Data to NOAA Hurricane Researchers

9/16/03 — NOAA and Partners to Return to 19th Century Steamship Portland

9/16/03 — National Weather Service Deputy Director Explains Emergency Response Role for Save A Life Foundation

9/16/03 — Northern Indiana Weather Forecast Staff Earns Commerce Gold Medal

9/15/03 — Riverton Weather Forecast Earns Commerce Department Gold Medal

9/15/03 — NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announce Decision Concerning the Listing of Loggerhead Sea Turtles

9/15/03 — NOAA Reports Summer Was Season of Contrasts - East Cooler and Wetter While West Sweltered

9/15/03 — NOAA Study Offers New Take on Urban Heat Island Effect

9/15/03 — Indianapolis Weather Forecast Staff Earns Commerce Silver Medal

9/15/03 — South Carolina Constituent Meetings Postponed

9/12/03 — Rapid City Weather Forecasters Earn Commerce Department Gold Medal

9/12/03 — Commerce Department Awards Silver Medal to Medford Weather Forecast Office Team

9/11/03 — Dutch Harbor-Unalaska Sets New Record for Landings in 2002

9/10/03 — Restoration Begins for T/V Westchester Oil Spill

9/10/03 — Americans Ate More Seafood in 2002

9/9/03 — NOAA Awards over $1.3 Million to Louisiana Department of Natural Resources

9/9/03 — NOAA Awards $574,000 to Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation for Salmon Recovery Projects

9/9/03 — NOAA Awards $212,000 for Kelp Restoration to California Coastkeeper Alliance

9/8/03 — NOAA and Partners Go "Bioprospecting" in the Gulf of Mexico

9/8/03 — NOAA Announces Designation of San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

9/8/03 — NOAA to Host Stakeholder Forum in San Diego, Calif.

9/5/03 — Commerce Secretary Evans Appoints Marcos Hanke to Caribbean Fishery Management Council

9/5/03 — NOAA Awards $400,000 to the Us Gulf of Maine Association

9/5/03 — NOAA Announces Funding for Fishway Project in Connecticut

9/5/03 — Three Florida Universities Part of $3.4 Million NOAA Award Program to Minority Serving Institutions

9/5/03 — NOAA Awards $200,000 to Ocean Trust for Major Texas Estuary Restoration

9/5/03 — Three Texas Schools Part of $3.4 Million NOAA Award Program to Minority Serving Institutions

9/5/03 — City College of City University Part of $3.4.million NOAA Award Program to Minority Serving Institutions

9/5/03 — Elizabeth City State University Part of $3.4 Million NOAA Award Program to Minority Serving Institutions

9/5/03 — University of Maryland Eastern Shore Part of $3.4 Million NOAA Award Program to Minority Serving Institutions

9/5/03 — University of Hawaii-manoa Part of $3.4 Million NOAA Award Program to Minority Serving Institutions

9/5/03 — California State University Part of $3.4 Million NOAA Award to Minority Serving Institutions

9/5/03 — University of Alaska Part of $3.4 Million NOAA Award Program to Minority Serving Institutions

9/5/03 — Clark Atlanta Part of $3.4 Million NOAA Award Program to Minority Serving Institutions

9/5/03 — NOAA's Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary Seeks Applicants for Advisory Council

9/5/03 — Minority Serving Institutions to Receive $3.4M from NOAA

9/4/03 — Fremont County and Eight Idaho Communities Earn StormReady Title

9/4/03 — Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Seeks Community Applicants for Sanctuary Advisory Council

9/4/03 — NOAA Team Targets Better Local Weather Forecasts

9/4/03 — Emergency Beacon Registration Now Available Online

9/3/03 — NOAA Seeks Applicants for First Hydrographic Services Review Panel

9/2/03 — Meteorologists Use NOAA Training During Flights into Typhoon Dujuan

9/2/03 — Hawaiian Humpback Whale Sanctuary Sponsors Workshop on Minimizing Vessel Collisions with Whales

9/2/03 — Corpus Christi Meteorologist to Lead San Diego National Weather Service Forecast Team

9/2/03 — Tooele County Earns Utah's First StormReady Title

August

8/29/03 — NOAA Fisheries Reminds Public of the Dangers of Swimming With, Feeding and Harassing Wild Dolphins and Other Marine Mammals

8/28/03 — NOAA Announces Funding for Salt Marsh Restoration in Maine

8/27/03 — NOAA Fisheries and Caltrans Forge Agreement to Protect Endangered Fish

8/26/03 — NOAA Fisheries Seeking Additional Comments to Update Atlantic Striped Bass Management

8/26/03 — National Weather Service Expands Weather Radio Coverage

8/22/03 — New Weather Warning Radio to Serve South Florida

8/22/03 — NOAA Fisheries Approves the use of a Large Hooped Hard Turtle Excluder Device (TED), Known as the Coulon TED

8/19/03 — Landmark Agreement Signed Between Federal Agencies and Atmospheric Research Community

8/18/03 — NOAA Begins Elevation Survey of Louisiana Hurricane Evacuation Route

8/18/03 — Sea Grant Elevates Status of University of New Hampshire Program

8/15/03 — NOAA and Ocean Exploration Partners Find Life Is Hard for Scientists and Sea Creatures on the Charleston Bump

8/15/03 — Lycoming College Student Participates in Summer Research Program

8/15/03 — Mendocino and Lake Counties get New Weather and All Hazards Warning System

8/14/03 — NOAA Reports July Cooler, Wetter than Average in the East, Hot in the West

8/14/03 — Auburn Resident Daryl Obermeyer Honored for Contributions to National Weather Service Volunteer Observer Program

8/14/03 — Clive Cussler to Serve as Spokesperson for New Public Service Campaign to Promote Personal Locator Beacons

8/14/03 — NOAA Awards $150,000 to Ocean Trust

8/13/03 — Wilmot Resident Evelyn Quade Honored for Contributions to National Weather Service Volunteer Observer Program

8/13/03 — Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Honored for Contributions to National Weather Service Volunteer Observer Program

8/13/03 — Coldwater Resident John Leman Honored for Contributions to National Weather Service Volunteer Observer Program

8/13/03 — Themopolis Resident Harry King Honored for Contributions to National Weather Service Volunteer Observer Program

8/13/03 — Broadus, Mont. Area Dedicates New Weather Warning System

8/13/03 — Teacher Scott Shoup of Chattanooga, Tenn., Gets Hands-on Research Experience Aboard NOAA Ship

8/13/03 — New Regulations Proposed for Conservation of Atlantic Sharks

8/13/03 — NOAA Fisheries Special Agents Find Violations of Endangered Species Act Rule off Virginia Coast

8/13/03 — New Study Shows Ozone-Depleting Bromine Now on Decline

8/13/03 — Local Student Participates in Summer Research Program

8/12/03 — Long-Time Falmouth, Mass., Resident and Chief Science Advisor for NOAA Fisheries Receives American Fisheries Society Awards

8/12/03 — Valparaiso University Student Participates in Summer Research Program

8/12/03 — Lyndon State College Student Participates in Summer Research Program

8/12/03 — Union University Student Participates in Summer Research Program

8/12/03 — Northland College Student Participates in Summer Research Program

8/12/03 — Local Student Participates in Summer Research Program

8/11/03 — NOAA Awards $1.7 Million Grant to Restore America's Estuaries

8/11/03 — Jefferson City Student Participates in Summer Research Program

8/11/03 — University of Utah Student Participates in Summer Research Program

8/11/03 — Mesa, Arizona Earns StormReady Title

8/11/03 — Northeast Oregon Gets New Weather Warning System

8/7/03 — Dolphin Health Subject of NOAA Study

8/7/03 — NOAA Forecasters Reiterate Above-normal Atlantic Hurricane Season

8/6/03 — Intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations Holds First Meeting

8/4/03 — NOAA National Weather Service Summer Intern Program Success

8/4/03 — NOAA Awards More than $2.3 Million to National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

8/4/03 — NOAA Awards $1.8 Million to North Carolina for Blue Crab Economic Assistance Program

8/1/03 — Morgan Angus and Tara Whittle Receive NOAA Environmental Hero Award

8/1/03 — NOAA Weather Radio Leads to Kentucky Amber Alert Success

8/1/03 — Central Plains Storm Produced Largest Hailstone in U.S. History

July

7/31/03 — Kurt Bretsch of Georgetown, S.C. Receives NOAA's Nancy Foster Scholarship to Pursue Doctorate in Marine Biology

7/31/03 — Erik Cordes of Pine Grove Mills, Pa. Receives NOAA's Nancy Foster Scholarship to Pursue Doctorate in Marine Biology

7/31/03 — Kelly Ann Gleason of Greenville, N.C. Receives NOAA's Nancy Foster Scholarship to Pursue Doctorate in Coastal Resources Management

7/31/03 — Rachel Lynelle Horlings of Tallahassee Receives NOAA's Nancy Foster Scholarship to Pursue Master's Degree in Anthropology

7/31/03 — NOAA Awards Nancy Foster Scholarships to Four Marine Science Graduate Students

7/31/03 — U.S.-Hosted Summit Brings Nations Together to Take the Pulse of Planet Earth

7/31/03 — NOAA Awards $600,000 to American Rivers for Restoration Projects

7/30/03 — Students Participate in Summer Research Programs

7/28/03 — NOAA Awards More than $1.1 Million to Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission

7/28/03 — NOAA Awards over $2.8 Million to Louisiana Department of Natural Resources

7/28/03 — NOAA Awards over $1.2 Million to Minnesota for Coastal Zone Management

7/28/03 — NOAA Awards Nearly $1.4 Million To The University Of New Hampshire

7/28/03 — NOAA Awards $2.4 Million in Steller Sea Lion Research To the North Pacific Marine Science Foundation

7/28/03 — NOAA Awards $571,000 in Estuarine Research and Management Funds to South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

7/28/03 — NOAA Awards over $2.7 Million to the Maine State Planning Office

7/28/03 — NOAA Awards over $2.9 Million to the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources

7/25/03 — NOAA Awards over $3.7 Million to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

7/25/03 — NOAA Gives Nearly $2 Million to Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for Oyster Recovery Assistance

7/25/03 — NOAA Awards $1 Million Education and Outreach Grant To the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

7/25/03 — NOAA Awards $550,000 in Estuarine Research and Management Funds to Florida Department of Environmental Protection

7/25/03 — NOAA Awards $7.7 Million in Climate Research To the University of California

7/25/03 — NOAA Awards $735,000 in Chinook Salmon Research to Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

7/24/03 — Bush Administration Launches Historic Federal Climate Change Initiatives

7/23/03 — NOAA, Louisiana Scientists Issue First-Ever "Dead Zone" Forecast

7/23/03 — NOAA Grant of Nearly $2 Million to Portsmouth Will Help Protect Land

7/22/03 — NOAA Awards over $1.2 Million to South Alabama Regional Planning Commission

7/22/03 — NOAA Awards over $5.5 Million to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

7/22/03 — NOAA Grant of Nearly $1.9 Million to Warwick Will Help Purchase Land

7/22/03 — NOAA Grant of Nearly $1 Million to Stamford Will Help Purchase Riverfront Land

7/22/03 — NOAA Awards over $1.2 Million to Minnesota for Coastal Zone Management

7/22/03 — NOAA Fisheries Requires Vessel Monitoring Systems for Pelagic Longline Fisheries in the Atlantic

7/17/03 — NOAA Grant Award Goes to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

7/16/03 — NOAA Lake Level Forecast for Lake Michigan Right on Target

7/16/03 — June Wetter and Cooler than Average in Much of Nation Drought Persists in West

7/14/03 — NOAA Radar Researcher Retires

7/14/03 — NOAA Establishes National Center for Research on Aquatic Invasive Species

7/11/03 — La Niña Plays Possum

7/11/03 — White House Names NOAA Administrator Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher As Lead U.S. Representative to International Earth Observation Working Group

7/11/03 — NOAA Awards $2.7 Million in Coastal Zone Management and Atmospheric Research Grants to New Hampshire

7/10/03 — NOAA Awards Nearly $3.2 Million to the Complex Systems Research Center at the University of New Hampshire

7/10/03 — Applicants Sought for Advisory Council at Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary

7/10/03 — Climate Change, Earth Observing Summit Topics of NOAA Science Advisory Board

7/10/03 — NOAA and Partners Explore New England Seamounts

7/10/03 — NOAA Awards $315,000 for Great Lakes Restoration Program

7/8/03 — Former Naval Ship Littlehales Becomes NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson in Ceremony Combining Commissioning with Change of Command

7/3/03 — NOAA Awards $3.3 Million to Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for Shrimpers' Economic Assistance Package

7/3/03 — NOAA Awards $3.3 Million to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for Shrimpers' Economic Assistance Package

7/3/03 — NOAA Awards $1 Million to Mississippi Department of Marine Resources for Economic Assistance Package for Shrimpers

7/3/03 — NOAA Awards $3.3 Million to University of Georgia for Economic Assistance Package for Shrimpers

7/2/03 — Teacher Amy Brown of San Juan Bautista, Calif., to Get Hands-On Research Experience Aboard NOAA Ship

7/1/03 — Public Meetings Set for July to Discuss Changes in Large Whale Protection

7/1/03 — Emergency Personal Locator Beacon System Becomes Operational Nationwide

June

6/30/03 — NOAA Grant Award to Alaska Department of Fish and Game

6/27/03 — Settlement Reached on Penalties for Four U.S. Fishing Vessels Crabbing in Russian Waters

6/27/03 — NOAA Awards $2.3 Million to Ohio Department of Natural Resources

6/27/03 — NOAA Awards over $2.8 Million to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection

6/27/03 — Commerce Secretary Evans Announces 2003 Ocean Fishery Council Appointments

6/27/03 — NOAA Fisheries and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council Win National Environmental Policy Act Award

6/25/03 — NOAA Fisheries and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council Win National Environmental Policy Act Award

6/24/03 — U.S., European Satellite Agencies Sign Cooperation, Data-sharing Accord

6/24/03 — As Spring Fades, NOAA Offers Outlook for Summer

6/24/03 — Commerce and Interior Departments Host National Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee Meeting

6/24/03 — Six Clark County Communities Become Nevada's First "StormReady" Sites

6/23/03 — NOAA Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Navigational Safety Data

6/23/03 — NOAA Fisheries Office for Law Enforcement VMS Manager Named as a NOAA Employee of the Year for 2002

6/23/03 — NOAA Fisheries Office for Law Enforcement Senior Special Agent Named as a NOAA Employee of the Year for 2002

6/20/03 — White Shark Research Organization Charged in Illegal Filming Activities

6/20/03 — NOAA Launches New Science Camp for Seattle Middle Schoolers

6/20/03 — U.S. House Committee on Science Praises Noaa National Weather Service Staff after Record Tornado Outbreak

6/20/03 — Lightning Kills, Play it Safe

6/18/03 — Teacher Tammy A. Shiflett of Marietta, Ga., Gets Hands-on Research Experience Aboard NOAA Ship

6/18/03 — Teacher Christopher Yerkes of Carlisle, Pa., to Get Hands-on Research Experience Aboard NOAA Ship

6/18/03 — Agencies Seek Input on First State-wide Program To Promote Regional Restoration of Natural Resources Injured by Oil Spills

6/18/03 — NOAA Honors Northern Illinois University Staff Meteorologist

6/18/03 — NOAA Honors Van Wert County Emergency Management

6/18/03 — NOAA Honors Metropolitan Emergency Managers, Price Chopper

6/17/03 — NOAA Honors Marshall County EM, Area 6 Planning Commission

6/17/03 — NOAA Honors Iowa Area 15 Regional Planning Commission

6/17/03 — NOAA Honors Pioneer Hi-Bred International

6/17/03 — NOAA Honors Montana Emergency Manager in Washington Ceremony

6/17/03 — NOAA Honors Fresno Businessman for Weather Support

6/17/03 — NOAA Honors Calcasieu Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness

6/17/03 — NOAA Honors Two Idaho Managers for Expanding Weather Radio

6/17/03 — NOAA Honors Washington State Division of Emergency Management

6/17/03 — NOAA's Monterey Bay Sanctuary Releases Proposed Action Plans to Advisory Council

6/17/03 — Nineteen Get National Awards for Contributions to Life-saving NOAA Weather Radio

6/16/03 — New Manager Named for NOAA's Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary

6/13/03 — NOAA Awards over $2.3 Million for Hawaii's Coastal Environment

6/13/03 — Administration, State of Oregon Developing Joint Plan to Restore Coastal Coho

6/12/03 — NOAA Issues First Experimental Eastern Pacific Hurricane Outlook

6/12/03 — NOAA Fisheries Offers $2,500 Reward for Information on Shooting of Two California Sea Lions

6/12/03 — Top NOAA Award Honors Radar Specialist

6/12/03 — Republic Area Resident to Receive National Weather Service Award for Observing Weather

6/11/03 — Teacher Loukea N. Kovanis of Fenton, Mich., to Get Hands-on Research Experience Aboard NOAA Ship

6/11/03 — Teacher Jeffrey Keene of Riverview, Fla., to Get Hands-on Research Experience Aboard NOAA Ship

6/11/03 — Teacher Jason Carter of Valdese, N.C., to Get Hands-on Research Experience Aboard NOAA Ship

6/10/03 — NOAA E-Charts Pass the Half-million Mark

6/9/03 — Thomas Kazo Receives NOAA Environmental Hero Award

6/9/03 — NOAA and Air Force Kick-off Awareness Campaign for New Emergency Personal Locator Beacons

6/6/03 — NOAA Closes Two Reef Patches Due to Coral Die-Off

6/6/03 — New Weather & Climate Supercomputer Helps Advance NOAA Weather Service Forecasts

6/5/03 — NOAA'S Ocean Explorer Web Site Wins Scientific American's 2003 Sci/Tech Web Award

6/4/03 — NOAA Partners with St. Charles Parish Community to Dedicate New Real-Time Water Level Monitoring System

6/3/03 — Longline Fishing in Tortugas Ecological Reserve Brings $20,000 Penalty

6/3/03 — Study Shows How Adjustments in Gear, Fishing Practice Can Reduce Sea Turtle Bycatch in Longline Fishery

May

5/30/03 — NOAA's Monterey Bay Sanctuary Launches Summer 2003 Kayaker Outreach Program

5/29/03 — Teacher Amanda Miller of Houston, Texas, to Get Hands-on Research Experience Aboard NOAA Ship

5/29/03 — NOAA Fisheries Proposes Notice to Reduce Fishing Capacity in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Fishery

5/29/03 — NOAA Fisheries Designates Local Killer Whales "Depleted," Embarks on Conservation Plan

5/29/03 — Catalina Island Gets New Weather Warning System

5/29/03 — Broadus, Montana Area Gets New Weather Warning System

5/29/03 — NOAA National Ocean Service Creates New Chart Update Web Site

5/28/03 — NOAA Opens New Coral Reef Discovery Center in Downtown Hilo

5/28/03 — NOAA to Hold First Tampa Bay Day to Bring Together Local Offices

5/28/03 — Hearst Castle Area Gets New Weather Warning System

5/28/03 — San Diego Meteorologist to Lead Los Angeles National Weather Service Forecast Team

5/22/03 — Red Snapper Commercial Fishery in Gulf of Mexico Federal Waters Will Open at Noon, June 1, 2003

5/22/03 — Clyde Brown Receives NOAA Environmental Hero Award

5/22/03 — Doc Plays Key Role in New Commercial Satellite Remote Sensing Policy

5/22/03 — Japanese Now Using NOAA GOES-9 Environmental Satellite

5/21/03 — Lautenbacher Receives National Fisheries Institute Award

5/21/03 — National Weather Service, Partners Launch Flood Safety Awareness Campaign

5/20/03 — NOAA Awards Nearly $400,000 to Kenai Peninsula Borough

5/20/03 — NOAA Awards $9.4 Million to Boulder Area Research Institutions

5/20/03 — NOAA Decommissions Research Ship Mcarthur; Commissions Mcarthur II

5/20/03 — NOAA National Weather Service Awards Certificate to Eureka Staff

5/20/03 — National Weather Service Releases Service Assessment Report For Super Typhoon Pongsona

5/20/03 — Up-to-the-Minute Warnings by NOAA Weather Radio Lauded

5/19/03 — NOAA Expects near Average Central Pacific Hurricane Season; Hawai'i Observes Hurricane Awareness Week

5/19/03 — Adios a El Niño, Hola a La Niña

5/19/03 — NOAA Forecasters Say Six to Nine Hurricanes Could Threaten in 2003

5/19/03 — Scientists Lay Groundwork for a Regional Action Plan for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

5/16/03 — Thousands of Volunteers Measure Water Quality in California's Coastal Waterways

5/16/03 — Two Fish Dealers, One Restaurant and 12 Fishermen Penalized $171,000 and 330-days of Sanctions for Illegal Sale of Recreationally Harvested Reef Fish

5/16/03 — Aquarius, World's Only Underwater Laboratory, Studies Coral Reefs During 2003 Mission Season

5/15/03 — Richard W. Spinrad Named Assistant Administrator for NOAA National Ocean Service

5/15/03 — NOAA Reports Drought Conditions Improving in Parts of U.S. With Wetter-than-average February-April

5/15/03 — Milton C. Shedd Receives Posthumous Noaa Environmental Hero Award

5/14/03 — Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Seeks Volunteer Advisors

5/14/03 — Hawaii and Hong Kong Companies Assessed Record $620,000 for Illegal Possession of Shark Fins

5/13/03 — NOAA Marks Another Year of Success in Rebuilding America's Marine Fish Stocks; Releases Annual Report to Congress

5/13/03 — NOAA Hosts Symposium on Commercial Satellite Remote Sensing

5/12/03 — Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Christens New Research Vessel

5/9/03 — NOAA Seeks Comments on Navy's Proposal to Conduct Missile Launch Operations

5/9/03 — Aviation Safety Focus of Kansas City Conference

5/8/03 — NOAA Radar Operations Center Director Retires

5/7/03 — Guam Resident Selected for 2003 Excellence in Government Citizen of the Year Award

5/7/03 — Captain Phil Ruhle Receives NOAA Environmental Hero Award

5/6/03 — EPA & NOAA Join Forces to Enhance and Extend Air Quality Forecasts

5/6/03 — NOAA Presents Administrator's Award to Pendleton National Weather Service Warning Coordination Meteorologist

5/6/03 — Whatcom County Becomes a "StormReady" Community

5/5/03 — NOAA Marks 50th Anniversary of Third Deadliest Year for Tornadoes

5/5/03 — New Leader Selected to Guide Hastings Weather Service Office

5/5/03 — Whitman County Communities Earn "Storm Ready" Title

5/2/03 — Hurricane Awareness Goal of NOAA 2003 Coastal Atlantic Tour

5/2/03 — NOAA Ship Whiting Decommissioned after 39 Years of Service

5/2/03 — Marvin O. Hill Receives NOAA Environmental Hero Award

5/2/03 — NOAA Honors Emergency Response Team Members as Environmental Heroes

5/2/03 — Federal Agencies Reach Consensus Ending Development of the Oregon Inlet Jetty Proposal;

Oregon Inlet Navigational Aids;

Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Army Corps of Engineers' Manteo (Shallowbag) Bay Project

5/1/03 — NOAA Establishes First Cooperative Institute for Satellite Oceanography at Oregon State University

5/1/03 — New Rules Enhance U.S. Ability to Monitor Chilean Sea Bass Imports

April

4/29/03 — NOAA, Massachusetts Officials Inaugurate the First Coastal Training Program in the Nation

4/29/03 — NOAA Administrator Awards Florida Keys Trip to Student Team in National Ocean Sciences Bowl

4/25/03 — New Experimental Radar Technology Unveiled in Ceremony Today

4/25/03 — 15 Acres of Critical Habitat Restored as Part of Settlement for Tampa Bay Oil Spill

4/25/03 — William A. McLellan Receives NOAA Environmental Hero Award

4/25/03 — National Weather Service Expands NOAA Weather Radio Coverage in North Dakota

4/25/03 — National Weather Service Expands NOAA Weather Radio Coverage in Eastern North Dakota

4/25/03 — NOAA Awards National LIDAR Contract

4/25/03 — Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Seeks Volunteer Advisors

4/24/03 — NOAA National Ocean Service Creates New User-friendly Web Site

4/23/03 — Magma, Not Tectonics, Changed Vents Chemistry, Say NOAA Scientists, Colleagues

4/22/03 — NOAA Recognizes 2003 Environmental Heros

4/22/03 — NOAA Honors San Antonio Resident As Environmental Hero

4/21/03 — New Leader Selected to Guide North Platte Weather Office

4/21/03 — NOAA Fisheries Establishes New Pacific Islands Region in Honolulu

4/21/03 — NOAA Launches Re-designed Home Page

4/18/03 — Fran Smith Receives NOAA Environmental Hero Award

4/18/03 — New Ecological Forecast from NOAA Anticipates Lower 2003 North Carolina Pink Shrimp Harvest

4/18/03 — Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Seeks Tourism Representative (Alternate) for Sanctuary Advisory Council

4/16/03 — NOAA-LSU Study: Portions of Gulf Coast Sinking at Significant Rate

4/14/03 — Rear Admiral Nicholas A. Prahl, NOAA, Confirmed as Member of Mississippi River Commission

4/12/03 — Dr. Carl Ojala Receives NOAA Environmental Hero Award

4/11/03 — Klamath Resident Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to NOAA National Weather Service

4/11/03 — NOAA, GSA Break Ground for New Weather Satellite Center

4/10/03 — NOAA Seeks Comments on University's Proposal to Conduct Ocean Studies

4/10/03 — NOAA Chief Leads Volunteers in Restoring Fort McHenry Wetland on Saturday

4/9/03 — Assessment Team Requests Public Comment on Accreditation for NOAA's Office for Law Enforcement

4/9/03 — Weather Channel Meteorologist Receives NOAA-David Johnson Award

4/7/03 — Brian Klimowski Named Flagstaff, Ariz., Meteorologist in Charge

4/4/03 — National Weather Service Recognizes 11 Northern Alabama Counties "StormReady"

4/3/03 — NOAA TEDs Rule Goes into Effect

4/2/03 — NOAA Releases Detailed Maps of Coral Reefs in the Main Hawaiian Islands

4/2/03 — NOAA'S Monterey Bay Sanctuary "First Flush" Report Shows Stormwater Not Clean When Reaches Bay

4/2/03 — Lieutenant Commander P. Tod Schattgen, Noaa Assumes Command of NOAA Ship Rude

4/1/03 — NOAA Announces New Tsunami Bulletins as Statewide Exercise Gets Underway

4/1/03 — The World's First Operational Solar Imager Goes on Line, as NOAA Activates New Satellite above East Coast, Atlantic Ocean

4/1/03 — NOAA Determines Smalltooth Sawfish Endangered

March

3/31/03 — Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bodman Highlights Partnership with FAMU at Expanding Opportunities Conference

3/31/03 — NOAA Releases New Strategic Plan

3/31/03 — NOAA, EarthCorps Join Forces for Coastal Habitat Restoration

3/28/03 — Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service Announce Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts When Making ESA Listing Decisions

3/27/03 — NOAA and University of Oklahoma Sign Lease Agreement for National Weather Center

3/27/03 — Mark McInerney Receives National Weather Service Highest Honor

3/27/03 — NOAA Researcher Showcases Climate Timeline Web Site

3/26/03 — NOAA Reconfirms Lena Point Location for Fisheries Research

3/26/03 — NOAA Names Knauss Fellows

3/25/03 — Veteran Forecaster Named Pendleton, Ore., Meteorologist-in-Charge

3/25/03 — NOAA and Rural Utilities Service Team to Give Kidder-logan County Area New Weather Warning System

3/24/03 — NOAA Names Mary Glackin as Assistant Administrator

3/21/03 — NOAA Fisheries-led Group Forecasts Strong Returns of Key Northwest Salmon Runs in 2003

3/21/03 — Framework Set for Program to Improve Transportation Safety Through Weather Forecast Products, Information

3/20/03 — Public Strikes Gold on NOAA River Forecast Web Pages

3/20/03 — NOAA Issues Reminder about New Fishing Rules for the Recreational Highly Migratory Species Fishery

3/20/03 — U.S. Winter Unusually Cold in the East, Warm in the West

3/20/03 — NOAA Says El Niño's Departure Leaves Some Western Drought this Spring, and Flooding in the South and East Possible

3/19/03 — NOAA, Partners Advance Understanding of Hurricane Dynamics; Could Result in More Accurate Hurricane Forecasts

3/19/03 — Expansion Planned for NOAA's Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Facilities on Maui

3/19/03 — NOAA to Move Goes-9 to Back up Japanese Weather Satellite

3/19/03 — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service Designate Critical Habitat For the Gulf Sturgeon

3/14/03 — NOAA Home Page among Top 100 Sites Chosen by PC Magazine

3/13/03 — NOAA Graduate Fellow Receives 2003 Walter B. Jones Award for Excellence in Coastal and Marine Graduate Study

3/13/03 — NOAA Graduate Fellow Receives 2003 Walter B. Jones Award for Excellence in Coastal and Marine Graduate Study

3/13/03 — Ozaukee County, Wisconsin Planning, Resources and Land Management Department Receives 2003 NOAA Excellence Award For Coastal and Ocean Resource Management

3/13/03 — Maine Fishermen's Forum Receives 2003 NOAA Excellence Award for Coastal and Ocean Resource Management

3/13/03 — Cabrillo Power, I, LLC, Receives 2003 NOAA Excellence Award for Coastal and Ocean Resource Management

3/13/03 — NOAA Graduate Fellow Receives 2003 Walter B. Jones Award for Excellence in Coastal and Marine Graduate Study

3/13/03 — NOAA Graduate Fellow Receives 2003 Walter B. Jones Award for Excellence in Coastal and Marine Graduate Study

3/13/03 — Maine Resident Receives 2003 NOAA Excellence Award for Coastal and Ocean Resource Management

3/13/03 — Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Receives 2003 NOAA Excellence Award for Coastal and Ocean Resource Management

3/13/03 — Washington Western University Program Director Receives 2003 NOAA Excellence Award for Coastal and Ocean Resource Management

3/13/03 — Retired Apalachicola National Estuarine Reserve Manager Receives 2003 NOAA Coastal and Ocean Resource Management Award

3/13/03 — NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve Volunteer Receives 2003 NOAA Excellence Award for Coastal and Ocean Resource Management

3/13/03 — NOAA Graduate Fellow Receives 2003 Walter B. Jones Award for Excellence in Coastal and Marine Graduate Study

3/13/03 — Drought in Horn of Africa Prompts NOAA Concerns; Satellites Play Key Role In Detecting Dangerous Conditions

3/13/03 — NOAA Fisheries Monitors Dolphin; Dolphin Trapped in Freshwater May Need Assistance

3/13/03 — Paradise Valley Earns "StormReady" Title

3/13/03 — NOAA Announces Recipients of Coastal and Ocean Management Awards

3/12/03 — 800th NOAA Weather Radio Transmitter Now Broadcasting in Southeastern Colorado

3/10/03 — New Leader Selected to Guide Omaha Weather Service Office

3/10/03 — Eldon Hout Named Director of NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management

3/10/03 — NOAA Extends Hurricane Forecasts from Three to Five Days; Additional Planning Time Critical for U.S. Navy and Others

3/9/03 — NOAA Deputy Undersecretary, Members of Congress Break Ground on NOAA's New Maritime Archaeology Center

3/7/03 — New York, Pennsylvania NOAA Emergency Radio Network Expands

3/7/03 — NOAA Activates High-Tech Web Sites for River Forecasts

3/6/03 — Utah Native Receives National Weather Service Highest Honor

3/6/03 — Commerce Department Announces National Bycatch Strategy

3/5/03 — NOAA Releases First Ever Detailed Maps of Coral Reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

3/5/03 — NOAA Fisheries Solicits Input on Guidelines Used to Determine Overfished and Overfishing Criteria

3/4/03 — NOAA Data Buoy Re-deployment Delayed Three Weeks

February

2/28/03 — NOAA Seeks Lost Equipment

2/26/03 — U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Meets to Review 2002 Accomplishments and Map out Future Projects

2/25/03 — NOAA Biologists and Birds Team up to Restore Injured Seagrass

2/25/03 — Southeast Utah Gets NOAA Weather Radio Coverage

2/25/03 — NOAA Using Satellite Data to Monitor Heat Stresses on Coral Reefs

2/24/03 — NOAA Hurricane Hunter Remote Sensing Device Gets High Marks for Measuring Hurricane Sea Surface Wind

2/21/03 — NOAA Fisheries Publishes Rules to Modify Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs)

2/20/03 — Gloucester, Mass., Gets Marine NOAA Weather Radio Transmitter

2/20/03 — NOAA and Utah Get to the Point

2/19/03 — Portland, Ore., Firm Wins $13.2 Million Contract to Refurbish Hydrographic Survey Ship

2/14/03 — Joseph B. Sullivan Receives Highest National Weather Service Honor

2/14/03 — Gregory L. Noonan Receives Highest National Weather Service Honor

2/14/03 — Glenn A. Nielsen Receives Highest National Weather Service Honor

2/14/03 — Debra A. Lingle Receives Highest National Weather Service Honor

2/14/03 — John J. Lague Receives Highest National Weather Service Honor

2/14/03 — Kansas City Forecaster Suzanne Fortin Receives Highest National Weather Service Honor

2/14/03 — Keith Brill Receives Highest National Weather Service Honor

2/13/03 — Tortugas Ecological Reserve Violation Brings $20,000 Penalty

2/13/03 — Chance of Flooding Increases in Northeast United States

2/13/03 — Winter Conditions in the U.S.: Unusual Warmth in the West, Cold in the East

2/12/03 — NOAA Fisheries Releases First Business Report

2/12/03 — Copper River Delta of Cordova Is Target of Increased Habitat & Resource Restoration Program

2/12/03 — Henderson Inlet in Washington State Is Target of Increased Habitat & Resource Restoration Program

2/12/03 — Bahia Grande Is Target of Increased Habitat & Resource Restoration Program

2/12/03 — NOAA Scientist Robert J. Kuligowski Honored by American Meteorological Society

2/12/03 — Thomas R. Karl Honored by American Meteorological Society

2/12/03 — Mark Demaria Honored by American Meteorological Society

2/12/03 — Grangeville, Idaho Area Residents Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to NOAA National Weather Service

2/11/03 — Drought Conditions Intensify in Some Western States with Little Chance of Major Relief

2/11/03 — Climate and Rural Poverty Connected, NOAA Announces

2/11/03 — Mobile Homes and Vehicles Deadly in Tornadoes

2/11/03 — El Niño Influence Not over for Southern California

2/10/03 — NOAA Unveils Port of New York/new Jersey Operational Forecast System

2/10/03 — NOAA Unveils New Website for Monitoring and Tracking Sea Level Changes

2/10/03 — Tree Rings Provide Insight into Colorado's Drought, NOAA Announces

2/10/03 — NOAA Researchers Help Develop New Early-Warning Radar

2/10/03 — AHPS: Water Information for a Stronger, Safer America

2/10/03 — National Weather Service Southern Region Director Honored by the American Meteorological Society

2/10/03 — NOAA and NASA Scientists in the Snow: Improving Water, Weather and Climate Forecasts

2/7/03 — NOAA Shows its Science on a Sphere™

2/6/03 — Seven Rescued from Life Raft after Abandoning Ship off the New Jersey Coast, NOAA Announces

2/5/03 — Anahuac, Texas Salt Marsh Is Target of Increased Habitat & Resource Restoration Program

2/4/03 — Paradise Creek Is Target of Increased Habitat & Resource Restoration Program

2/4/03 — Chincoteague Bay Is Target of Increased Habitat & Resource Restoration Program

2/4/03 — Cape Cod Quahog Fishery Is Target of Increased Habitat & Resource Restoration Program

2/4/03 — Oyster River Is Target of Increased Habitat & Resource Restoration Program

2/4/03 — Hallocks Bay & Hay Harbor Is Target of Increased Habitat & Resource Restoration Program

2/4/03 — NOAA West Coast Winter Storms Forecast Program Takes off for Third Season

2/4/03 — President's Budget for NOAA Maximizes Resources to Benefit

2/3/03 — NOAA Fisheries Office for Law Enforcement Seizes Illegally Caught Snow Crab

2/3/03 — Spokane County Communities Earn "Storm Ready" Title

January

1/31/03 — National Weather Service Dedicates Tri-State Radar

1/30/03 — NOAA Scientists Attribute Recent Droughts to Ocean Influence

1/30/03 — New Solar Storm Detector Sending Real-time Images Used to Warn of Sun's Damaging Storms

1/30/03 — Cold Snap Prompts National Ice Center to Issue Ice Analyses for Chesapeake and Delaware Bays

1/30/03 — NOAA's National Weather Service Opens New Forecast Office to Serve Northern Alabama

1/30/03 — Fisheries Agency Plans Killer Whale Conservation Strategy

1/29/03 — Garfield County Gets New Weather Warning System

1/29/03 — NOAA Fisheries Determines North American Green Sturgeon Does Not Warrant Listing Under the Endangered Species Act

1/28/03 — Third Annual National Severe Weather Workshop to Be Held Feb. 27 - March 1

1/27/03 — Montana Residents Recognized by National Weather Service for 45 Years of Service as Weather Observers

1/24/03 — NOAA Fisheries, Ocean Trust and National Fisheries Institute Triple Habitat & Resource Restoration Program

1/24/03 — NOAA Fisheries Reviewing Petition for Prince William Sound Killer Whales

1/23/03 — NOAA Commissions New Fisheries Survey Vessel

1/23/03 — North Atlantic - Asian Monsoons Influence Each Other's Patterns, NOAA Reports

1/17/03 — Western Drought, Outlook Prompt Forecasters' Concerns

1/17/03 — NOAA Draft Strategic Plan Available for Public Review

1/16/03 — 171 People Rescued in the U.S. in 2002 with Help from NOAA Satellites

1/16/03 — Tests Underway Of New Prototype Data Buoy Developed by NOAA

1/13/03 — NOAA Fisheries Seeks Public Comment on Proposed 2003 List of Fisheries

1/13/03 — Department of Commerce Awards Bronze Medal to Florida Biologist John Halas

1/10/03 — NOAA Fisheries Appoints New Southeast Regional Administrator

1/8/03 — New, One-step Registration System Reduces Paperwork And Financial Burden on Southeast Fishermen

1/8/03 — James R. Mahoney, Director of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, Details U.S. Climate Science Efforts in Testimony Before Senate Panel

1/8/03 — NOAA and Florida Department of Environmental Protection Submit $2.2 Million Claim for South Florida Oil Spill

1/3/03 — Commerce and Interior Departments Select Candidates for National Marine Protected Area Federal Advisory Committee

1/6/03 — NOAA Fisheries Publishes Regulations to Protect Loggerhead Sea Turtles in Southern California Waters During El Niño Conditions

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