ResourceContinuation of Talakhaya Soil Loss Assessment
The project will assist in reducing soil loss, identified as a priority need in the Talakhaya Conservation Action Plan. The existing re-vegetation efforts occurring in the watershed require continued data collection to quantify the effects they are having...
ResourceThe Talakhaya Revegetation Project
Metadata Thumbnail "This flyer explains the Revegetation Project. The goals of the project is to restore ecosystem health to the area for the benefit of the people of Rota. The increased interest in the area highlighting the awareness of and negative impacts of wildfires, a...
ResourceTalakhaya watershed soil loss assessment (CNMI)
Following the installation and the use of the equipment such as water meters, barometric level loggers, turbidity meters, the water flows as well as the turbidity level of each stream leading to the ocean from the Talakhaya watershed were monitored on mon...
ResourceStrategy Effectiveness Measures (SEM) review report for Talakhaya/Sabana Watershed
Metadata Thumbnail "On April 10, 2012, a Strategy Effectiveness Measures (SEM) review was conducted for the Talakhaya/Sabana Conservation Action Plan. The purpose of the review was to determine whether Talakaya/Sabana strategies as defined in the action plan are/will be eff...
Downloadable DataCoastal turbidity on the shelf of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) - monitoring turbid water sources and fates by satellite - Talakhaya watershed, Rota (TASP7) (NCEI Accession 0204270)
Metadata Thumbnail Relative turbidity, bathymetry, and environmental correlates (modeled wave height) for CNMI insular shelf - from 2002 to 2017 - Talakhaya watershed region of interest (TASP7), south coast of Rota Island. Data are in gridded netCDF binary format - Hierarch...
ResourceKeep Talakhaya green and fire free
"This sign was posted by the Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality in cooperation with the Rota Department of Lands and Natural Resources and Rota Forestry. The sign explains that 'If you start a grassfire, you kill plants that protect soil. Loose s...
Downloadable DataPhase II in-stream sediment measurements in the Talakhaya watershed on Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands from 2016-03-09 to 2017-05-11 (NCEI Accession 0166379)
Metadata Thumbnail The dataset includes TSS (mg/L), turbidity (NTU), stream level (ft), and precipitation (in) data collected at multiple stations across five streams and at four rain gauges during Phase II (2016-2017) of the Talakhaya stream monitoring project. Secondary ...
ResourceTalakhaya Watershed Soil Loss Assessment: Phase II Stream Monitoring Report
Metadata Thumbnail "The purpose of this report is to provide a comprehensive summary of results from a two-phase, stream monitoring study of soil loss in the Talakhaya Watershed on Rota, CNMI between 2012 and 2017. This NOAA-supported study was conducted to assess and to qu...
ResourceCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Division of Environmental Quality Office of the Governor Talakhaya/Sabana conservation action plan
The Talakhaya /Sabana Watershed Conservation Action Plan (CAP ) was completed between March 2010 and December 2011. Two workshops were held with members of the CNMI Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Coastal Resources Management (CRM), Department of...
ResourceCNMI CAP Review Report
"The Nature Conservancy (TNC) worked with the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) partners to complete a review of the status of the existing CAPs (Laolao Bay, Garapan and Talakhaya watershed) and effectiveness of the planning processes undert...
ResourceLong-term Marine Monitoring Program final report : NA13NOS4820010, award period October 1, 2013- September 30, 2016
Despite multiple transfers of personnel within the monitoring program throughout this award period, the marine monitoring team (MMT) continues to collect ecological data for the CNMI. During this reporting period the MMT managed to conduct 59 biological s...
Downloadable DataCoastal turbidity on the shelf of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) - monitoring turbid water sources and fates by satellite - Tinian Harbor reefs, Tinian (TINP7) (NCEI Accession 0204268)
Metadata Thumbnail Relative turbidity, bathymetry, and environmental correlates (modeled wave height) for CNMI insular shelf - from 2002 to 2017 - Tinian Harbor region of interest (TINP7), southwest coast of Tinian Island. Data are in gridded netCDF binary format - Hierarch...
Downloadable DataCoastal turbidity on the shelf of American Samoa - monitoring turbid water sources and fates by satellite - Ofu, Olosega, and Ta'u reefs (ONSP6) (NCEI Accession 0204269)
Metadata Thumbnail Relative turbidity, bathymetry, and environmental correlates (modeled wave height) for insular shelf of American Samoa- from 2002 to 2017 - Ofu, Olosega, and Ta'u region of interest (ONSP6). Data are in gridded netCDF binary format - Hierarchical Data For...
Downloadable DataCoastal turbidity on the shelf of American Samoa - monitoring turbid water sources and fates by satellite - Pago Pago harbor reefs, Tutuila (PGSP6) (NCEI Accession 0204271)
Metadata Thumbnail Relative turbidity, bathymetry, and environmental correlates (modeled wave height) for insular shelf of American Samoa- from 2002 to 2017 - Pago Pago Harbor region of interest (PGSP6) including Faga'alu, south central coast of Tutuila Island. Data are in ...
ResourceCharacterizing Shallow-water Benthic Habitats In Select Areas Around Saipan, Tinian, and Rota (CNMI)
The goal of this project is to characterize high-priority areas of interest between 0 - 40m identified during the Mapping Gap Analysis Project (FY 21-23) in coordination with CNMI jurisdictional leadership. NCCOS will develop high-quality benthic habitat ...