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 This imagery will be used as the basis for updating the existing, but out-of-date 2010 land cover data.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...
Nutrient stress and source identification in the coral reefs of Ofu and Olosega
At the request of the American Samoa Coral Reef Advisory Group (CRAG), this project will quantify the extent to which nutrients from the villages on Ofu and Olosega are contributing to the observed benthic algal blooms occurring on the nearshore reefs. Wa...
LBSP Reduction Projects to Compliment Coral Restoration in the Main Hawaiian Islands
The purpose of the first component of this project is to supplement existing efforts to reduce land-based inputs from the Olowalu and Ukumehame watersheds to the coral reef ecosystems of Olowalu. Olowalu is an important reef site on Maui and has a great d...
Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan for Aua, American Samoa
This project will develop a comprehensive Watershed Management Plan (WMP) for the Aua watershed in American Samoa in collaboration with local partners and stakeholders. The watershed plan will propose a series of actions to address known sources of land-b...
Calibrating and Validating watershed models for Government Cut, FL
It has become obvious to agencies interested and mandated to manage Biscayne Bay, which includes the Government Cut priority watershed that it is in immediate need of attention. Specifically, it needs effective management actions to reduce nutrients and o...
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 ...
Develop monitoring capacity of American Samoan jurisdictional partners and observing LBSP impacts on coral reefs
Project Objectives: Provide virtual training to monitoring teams from jurisdictional partners regarding water quality protocols and benthic survey methods Work with land-managers to develop mitigation projects for coastal development (for ...
Characterizing interactions between LBSP, coral growth, and herbivory to set targets for coastal runoff
Sediment laden runoff inhibits coral growth through smothering and light reduction and is a primary cause of reef decline and shifts from coral- to algal- dominance. Surprisingly however, there are no guidelines for sediment runoff in Hawaii or globally. ...
Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan for the Manell-Geus watersheds on Guam
This project will develop a comprehensive Watershed Management Plan (WMP) for the Manell-Geus watersheds on Guam in collaboration with local partners and stakeholders. The watershed plan will propose a series of actions to address known sources of land-ba...
Development of Water Quality Monitoring Plan for USVI
This project was specifically request by the jurisdiction in the priorities document ("Develop a water quality sampling plan for major ghuts in the USVI with recommendations on how to incorporate or add this sampling plan to existing Division of Environme...
Updating C-CAP for Western Puerto Rico