"Atlantic Canyons" Interagency Study Team Receives Excellence in Partnering Award
The "Atlantic Canyons" interagency team which included members from NOAA, BOEM, and the USGS recently received the "Excellence in Partnering Award" from the NOPP.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) were awarded the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) 2015 Excellence in Partnering Award at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in New Orleans on February 23, for their work in conceiving, managing and conducting the “Atlantic Canyons: Pathways to the Abyss” project.
Through collaboration, all three Federal agencies accomplished what none could have done alone. This multi-year effort leveraged the resources of BOEM, USGS, NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 12 universities and research institutions, and two companies, to explore Baltimore and Norfolk Canyons about 60 miles offshore of Maryland and Virginia. The work took place under the NOPP research umbrella.
The research findings are significant and depict a biologically rich region that had not been fully explored in the past, including historically important shipwrecks, extensive deep-sea coral communities, and a vast methane-seep ecosystem. Learn more about the project’s history and discoveries by watching the 23-minute high-definition video, “Pathways to the Abyss.”
Participating USGS scientists from across the nation and multiple research programs being recognized for their part of the Atlantic Canyon project include: Matthew Andersen, Jonathan Borden, Jill Bourque, Colleen Charles, Olivia Cheriton, Hillary Close, Katharine Coykendall, Amanda Demopoulos, Michael Gray, Christina Kellogg, Stephanie Lawler, Jennifer McClain-Counts, Cheryl Morrison, Nancy Prouty, Kurt Rosenberger, and Pamela Swarzenski.
The team received another major award in January 2014, when Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell presented them with the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Partners in Conservation Award.
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