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New National Marine Sanctuary Designated in Great Lakes


The new Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve was designated on October 7, 2000 in Alpena, Michigan. This new sanctuary is the first marine sanctuary in the Great Lakes, the first one in freshwater, and only the second designated to protect underwater cultural resources!

Learn more about our newest sanctuary

 


Agreement reached on Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Designation planned for Great Lakes sanctuary

 
Snapshot day Volunteers Test Monterey Bay Sanctuary Waters


On Earth Day 2000, local citizens celebrated the event along California's Central Coast by participating in the first annual Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary "Snapshot Day," a sanctuary-wide watershed monitoring event designed to increase public awareness of water quality issues affecting sanctuary watersheds.

Volunteers help to protect Monterey Bay waters


Students join scientists in Gray's Reef Sanctuary Research


Braving howling wind and high seas four high school students-at-sea from Gray's Reef's Student Ocean Council assisted scientists Dr. Jeff Hyland, Cindy Cooksey and Len Balthis from NOAA's ORCA Lab in Charleston, South Carolina in a mission to Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary.

Learn more about their discoveries.


Joining Forces on Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Programs  


NOAA's Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in the National Ocean Service (NOS) and the Southwest Region of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) recently embarked on a joint effort to promote public awareness and support for conserving threatened salmon and steelhead in the California Central Coast area.

Read more about the partnership.


Monterey Bay Sanctuary Announces Diving Photo Contest


The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary announces a new diving photo contest for coastal and underwater enthusiasts starting on May 2 and ending on September 1, 2000. Contest winners will have their work prominently featured in a new brochure being developed by the Sanctuary and members of its Diver Partnership Program.

Learn more about it.


NOAA's Marine Sanctuaries Celebrate Earth Day


From the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, the national marine sanctuaries will be celebrating Earth Day, reminding us of the important connections between land and sea.

Join the fun.


Sustainable Seas Expeditions in Hawaii


Over 400 students in Hawaii were fortunate to get a closer look at the Sustainable Seas Expeditions (SSE) during its two week visit to the Hawaiian Islands Humpback National Marine Sanctuary.

 

Learn more about their ocean adventures.


Sanctuary Assists in Alaska Airlines Flight 261


On January 31, 2000 Alaska Airlines Flight 261 went down about three miles from Anacapa Island in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. More about the recovery efforts within the sanctuary is available at http://www.nos.noaa.gov/news/flt261/flight261.html


Sanctuaries Join to Aid Samoan Coral Reef


Coral reefs threatened by the removal of grounded vessels in Pago Pago Harbor, American Samoa are now a little bit safer through the efforts of the Florida Keys and Fagatale Bay National Marine Sanctuaries and NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration.

More about the coral recovery


DOC Silver Medal awarded to Sanctuary Staff


Managers of National Marine Sanctuaries are no strangers to putting out fires. NOAA's Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Manager Lieutenant Commander Ed Cassano quickly moved from fighting metaphorical fires to actual firefighting when he joined sanctuary staff and others in the Santa Barbara community to fight an intense fire engulfing a historic seaside wharf.

More about the award

 


Sustainable Seas Expedition 2000


After a successful year conducting more than 150 submersible dives in nine of NOAA's national marine sanctuaries, Sustainable Seas Expedition explorers are looking to 2000 with renewed energy and enthusiasm in their quest to learn more about these unique protected areas.

Learn more about SSE 2000

 


New Monitor Exhibit Opens


A nearly full-scale replica of the Monitor's famous revolving turret is the centerpiece of a dramatic new exhibition on the USS Monitor and the Monitor Sanctuary that opened at The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia, on September 25.

 More about the Monitor

 

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