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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is a federal agency, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. It includes several line offices with distinct or overlapping missions, including:
- National Ocean Service - develops charts, tracks tides, and completes damage assessment related to oil spills and waste sites.
- National Marine Fisheries Service - regulates endangered species under ESA, Negotiates the harvest of fisheries, studies fisheries and their habitats, and restores habitat.
- National Weather Service - predicts the weather including rainfall and downstream effects on flooding.
- National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service - Manages GPS and weather satellites, and has a really big budget to manage that infrastructure.
- Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
- Office of Marine and Aviation Operations - which operates a fleet of ships and airplanes through its own uniformed service, the NOAA Corps.
These are called "line offices" and each has its own "Assistant Administrator" or "AA" and they are led by the "Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere". Each line office may have its own system of Assistant Regional Administrators and regional staff in addition to headquarters programs (which may in turn have their own regions!)
The largest NOAA Office in the Salish Sea is at Sand Point in Seattle. There is an office in Lacey, and labs at Mukilteo and Manchester. Here are some workgroups particularly active in the Salish Sea ecosystem management.
NOS Assessment and Restoration Division
NOAA Restoration Center
NW Fisheries Science Center
The Fish Ecology Division focuses on understanding the complex ecological linkages between commercially and recreationally important marine and anadromous fishery resources of the Pacific Northwest and their habitats.
The Watershed Program conducts research on the ecology and management of freshwater and estuarine ecosystems to assist with the management and recovery of NOAA trust resources. Program scientists provide technical support to NOAA Fisheries policy makers and regulatory staff, and collaborate with other agencies, tribes, and educational institutions on research and outreach related to the management of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.).
Other Pages
The following pages have a NOAA category:
- Smith Island Restoration
- Tidal Channel Reference Model
- Crescent Harbor Lagoon Restoration
- Delta Metrics Project
- Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program (ESRP)
- Fisher Slough Restoration
- Coastal Blue Carbon Project
- Template:NOAA
- Lower Canyon Creek Restoration
- Skokomish Delta Restoration
- Fir Island Farm Restoration
- Northwest Maritime Center Dock
- Tide gate effects analysis
- Port Susan Restoration
- Qwuloolt Restoration
- Snohomish Sustainable Lands Strategy
- Working Buffer Pilot Project
- Nisqually Refuge Restoration
- Evaluating Salmon Rearing Limitations in River Deltas
- Livingston Lagoon Restoration
- Three Crabs Restoration
- Skagit Farm, Fish and Flood Initiative
- Measuring Coastal Bluff Recession Rates Throughout the Puget Sound Region
- Mapping Bluffs and Beaches to Quantify Sediment Supply
- ESRP/Learning Program
- Mid-spencer Island Restoration
- Integrated Nearshore Priorities Project
- Smuggler's Slough Restoration
- Floodplains by Design (FbD)
- River Delta Consortium
- Jim Creek Channel Enhancement
- Coordinated Investment
- Align Grant Coordination Workgroup
- Snohomish Coordinated Investment Network
- Sno-Stilly Riparian Zone Management Strategy
- French Slough Drainage Management
- Conservation Project Budget Standards
- Washington Water and Salmon Fund Finder
- Snohomish Farmland Protection Strategy
- Lower Snohomish Reach Scale Plan
- Snohomish Agricultural Resilience
- Kilisut Restoration
- Leque Island Restoration
- Culvert Replacement Regulatory Coordination
- Skagit Delta Tidegates and Fish Initiative
- Zis a Ba Restoration
- Improving Acquisition Systems Workshop
- Flood Hazard and Ecosystem Management Coordination
- Predicting Rates of Channel Development
- Continuous Improvement
- Nooksack Floodplain Integrated Management Planning
- Puget Sound Large River Delta Tidal Restriction and Wetland Mapping
- Standard Conservation Project Description
- Snohomish Agriculture Resilience Plan
- US Interagency Elevation Inventory
- Puget Sound Marine Riparian Mapping
- Puget Sound Tidal Restriction and Wetland Mapping
- Science Sprints to Support Regulation
- Snohomish Estuary Restoration Effects on Temperature, Salinity, and Tides
- Maximizing Benefits of Shoreline Armor Removal
- Mapping Bluffs and Beaches to Quantify Sediment Supply 2021
- Evaluating Puget Sound Beach Services for Protection and Restoration
- Salmon Creek Estuary Fill Removal
- Puget Sound Nearshore Habitat Conservation Calculator
- Automating Landscape Connectivity for Puget Sound River Deltas and Pocket Estuaries
The following documents have a NOAA category: