Louisiana Sea Grant Seeks Public Comment for Program Review

The Louisiana Sea Grant College Program (LSG) will have its scheduled four-year review on June 16 -17, 2015, in the Energy, Coast & Environment Building on the LSU Baton Rouge campus.

A federal Site Review Team convened by the Director of the National Sea Grant College Program will review and discuss LSG management and organization, stakeholder engagement and collaborative network/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) activities.

People who would like to offer comments to the review team on these aspects of the program are invited to submit written statements no later than Friday, June 12, 2015. Comments should be e-mailed to the National Sea Grant College Program at [email protected] .

Following the site visit, the review team will produce a report to the National Sea Grant College Program and LSG. The review is part of a larger effort by the National Sea Grant College Program to foster increased cooperation among the 33 Sea Grant Programs nationwide and to understand how local and regional programs and priorities relate to NOAA national needs and priorities.

Louisiana Sea Grant is an ocean and coastal research, extension, outreach and education program. Its administrative office is located at Louisiana State University’s Baton Rouge campus, and it has extension, outreach and education offices in parishes throughout the Louisiana Coastal Zone. Louisiana Sea Grant is funded by NOAA, Louisiana State University, Louisiana coastal parishes, a variety of local, state and federal competitive grants and by private endowments. LSG personnel provide training, education, expert advice and assistance on healthy ecosystems and habitats, resilient communities and economies, sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, and education and workforce development. Sea Grant-funded scientists conduct research to help find solutions to these types of coastal issues.

For more information about the review, contact Katie Lea at [email protected].