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La. Universities Marine Consortium Presented to the Joint Legislative Committee on Coastal Restoration and Flood Control Friday, October 8, 2004
LUMCON Budget About $9 million annually 40% from State General Fund 60% from outside grants and other sources
LUMCON Employees Administrative Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program Cafeteria-Dorms Information and Technology Library Maintenance Marine and University Education Monitoring Stations Research Faculty and Staff Vessels Total of about 80 employees
River/Ocean Interactions Dr. Nancy Rabalais studies Gulf hypoxia (Gulf “Dead zone”) Dr. Rodney Powell studies the effect of trace metals like iron and copper on food webs Dr. Mike Dagg researches the role of copepods, a type of zooplankton, in regulating food webs
Living Resources Dr. Chris Finelli studies the way flowing water affects how shrimps use their environment Dr. Paul Sammarco researches how larval coral get to oil rigs and other artificial reefs Dr. Ed Chesney researches aquaculture of marine fish species.
LUMCON Education Programs UNIVERSITY TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Summer Courses STEPS Student-Teacher Workshops Distance Education Class COSEE Teacher-Scientist Institute Field Trip Program COSEE Informal Educator Workshop Faculty Institutes Reforming Science Teaching K-12 Field Trip Program PUBLIC Bayouside Classroom Water Sampling Self-Guided Tours LEAD Camp (High School Students) Field Trip Program
Students have the opportunity to interact with LUMCON Researchers through a number of programs
Summer Programs Coastal Landscape Photography 14 Introduction to Marine Zoology 4 Plankton Process 2 Marine Fish Ecology 5 Marine Environmental Chemistry 0 Invertebrates and Their Environment 1 LUMCON Estuarine Awareness & Discovery Camp
Professional Development COSEE (prim. NSF) Teachers work with scientists to learn marine science and researcher experience; Scientists work with teachers to learn how to communicate their work. FIRST (NSF) Professors are supported by national, Louisiana and school-based teams to learn and use effective teaching strategies.
Pelican at the Shipyard for Mid-Life Refit
Pelican after Refit Days At Sea Year Days at sea for the Pelican, Gyre, and Longhorn 1995 -2004
Damage and Clean-Up from Hurricane Lili
Silt Build Up in LUMCON lagoon Photo taken at low tide January 17, 2003 Low Water 1/17/03
Effects of Hurricane Ivan Rear of Facility South
Shreveport West Monroe Minden Ruston LUMCON Group Facility Use (IN STATE) Pineville Alexandria July 1, 2003 – June 31, 2004 Pontchatoula Baton Rouge Carencro Geismer Hammond Slidell Lake Charles Lafayette Eunice New Orleans Kenner Jefferson Chalmette Met Marrero Patterson Schriever Thibodaux Terrytown Gray Berwick Bourg Raceland Houma Morgan City Chauvin Montegut Cut Off LUMCON
LUMCON GEOGRAPHIC FACILITY USAGE CHART GROUPS - OUT OF STATE July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004 Victoria British Columbia Narangansette RI Charleston OR Bloomfield Hills MI Boston MA Woodshole MA Bronxville NY Sangerties NY Scranton PA Arlington VA Albany CA Raleigh NC Greenville NC Beaufort NC Durant OK Plano TX Columbia SC Mobile AL Houston TX Indianola MS Tallahassee Fl Beaumont TX Stennis Ms Gainsville FL St. Petersburg Fl Port Aransas TX Melbourne FL Miami FL
LUMCON ---WALK-IN VISITORS --- NATION-WIDE ALASKA July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004 WASHINGTO N 29 M I NORTH DAKOTA MONTANA 5 4 I OREGON C A L I F O R N I 38 A D A H O SOUTH 2 DAKOTA 2 (1165 total) N N E S 14 O T A WYOMING NEBRASKA NH VT 3 WISCONSIN IOWA UTAH 3 COLORADO 1 A R I Z 19 O N A 11 KANSAS 24 7 9 TEXAS HAWAII 58 MISSOURI 30 OKLAHOMA NEW MEXICO 23 ARKANSAS 10 499 I N D I A N A 7 RI PENNSYLVANIA OHIO 26 25 18 WEST VA 6 TENNESSE 11 E A L M A I B S A 19 S 30 M A 54 7 NORTH CAROLINA G E O R G I A 4 SOUTH CAROLINA 18 F L O R I D A CT 6 NJ 6 VIRGINIA KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MASS NEW YORK 13 I L L I N O I S M A 5 I N E 26 MICHIGAN 4 NEVADA 2 21 Wash. , DC 3 M 74 D
Saturday, May 8, 2004 De. Felice Marine Center Cocodrie, LA