The proposed funding will be used to acquire 2019 imagery for western Puerto Rico. This imagery will be used as the basis for updating the existing, but out-of-date 2010 land cover data. The new date of land cover will provide current conditions for the w...
Treatment wetlands at the Guánica wastewater treatment plant (WWTP)
The Guánica wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is the largest source of nitrogen in the Guánica Bay/ Rio Loco watershed. As such, NOAA identified the construction of treatment wetlands to remove nutrients at the WWTP as a high priority restoration project ...
Seeding reefs with Diadema antillarum to enhance coral recovery in Puerto Rico
Over the past three decades, coral reefs in the Caribbean have suffered massive declines due to cumulative factors such as hurricanes, disease outbreaks, bleaching, pollution, and overfishing. Many reefs in the Caribbean have lost their capacity to recove...
Project funding will support a final year of coordination that NOAA’s Coral Program and Protectores de Cuencas (PdC) provides as part of the broader Guánica Watershed Partnership Initiative. PdC serves a vital role in developing local capacity to address ...
Expanding erosion and sediment control capacity throughout Guanica and Cabo Rojo watersheds, PR
NOAA CRCP’s has provided funding to regionally adapt and refine erosion and sediment control (E&SC) techniques (e.g., hydroseeding) and build capacity for E&SC across the Guanica watershed. This investment has led to the stabilization of nearly 20 acres w...
Reducing LBSP threats in USVI's St Croix East End Marine Park
The St. Croix East End Marine Park (STXEEMP) is over 60 square miles and contains a variety of important habitat types including linear and patch coral reefs, seagrass beds, and mangroves. St. Croix reefs are dominated by elkhorn and staghorn corals, and ...
Assessment of contaminants and bioeffects in the East End Marine Park
The project will involve the collection and subsequent analysis of sediments for toxicity (two bioassays) and an assessment of the benthic infaunal community (sieving of samples and identification of organisms living in the sediments). In addition, enough...
Assessment of MPA boundaries and fish movements in the East End Marine Park, USVI
Acoustic telemetry will be used to track the movements of various reef fish species in the East End Marine Park (EEMP) in St. Croix, USVI. In addition, visual surveys will be used to compare to the extent practical, differences in fish communities relativ...
Rapid assessment and repairs to Green Cay Gut restoration project
In September 2017, two Category 4/5 hurricanes made landfall in the USVI (i.e., Irma, Maria). Imagery and photos from our partners on the ground indicate that the majority of the Green Cay Gut project remains intact (see photos); however there are a few l...
MPA Boundary efficacy and biotic movements in Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve
Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve is a territorial/federal MPA that is comprised of over 1000 acres of coral reef, mangrove, estuarine and terrestrial habitats. Managers at DPNR and NPS are uncertain whether the small area of...
Updating C-CAP for Western Puerto Rico