2. La. Universities Marine Consortium Presented to the Joint Legislative Committee on Coastal Restoration and Flood Control Friday, October 8, 2004

3. LUMCON Budget About $9 million annually 40% from State General Fund 60% from outside grants and other sources

4. LUMCON Employees Administrative Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program Cafeteria-Dorms Information and Technology Library Maintenance Marine and University Education Monitoring Stations Research Faculty and Staff Vessels Total of about 80 employees

5. River/Ocean Interactions Dr. Nancy Rabalais studies Gulf hypoxia (Gulf “Dead zone”) Dr. Rodney Powell studies the effect of trace metals like iron and copper on food webs Dr. Mike Dagg researches the role of copepods, a type of zooplankton, in regulating food webs

6. Living Resources Dr. Chris Finelli studies the way flowing water affects how shrimps use their environment Dr. Paul Sammarco researches how larval coral get to oil rigs and other artificial reefs Dr. Ed Chesney researches aquaculture of marine fish species.

7. LUMCON Education Programs UNIVERSITY Summer Courses Distance Education Class Field Trip Program Faculty Institutes Reforming Science Teaching K-12 Field Trip Program Bayouside Classroom Water Sampling LEAD Camp (High School Students) TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STEPS Student-Teacher Workshops COSEE Teacher-Scientist Institute COSEE Informal Educator Workshop PUBLIC Self-Guided Tours Field Trip Program

8. Students have the opportunity to interact with LUMCON Researchers through a number of programs

9. Summer Programs Coastal Landscape Photography14 Introduction to Marine Zoology 4 Plankton Process2 Marine Fish Ecology 5 Marine Environmental Chemistry0 Invertebrates and Their Environment1 LUMCON Estuarine Awareness & Discovery Camp

10. COSEE (prim. NSF) Teachers work with scientists to learn marine science and researcher experience; Scientists work with teachers to learn how to communicate their work. FIRST (NSF) Professors are supported by national, Louisiana and school-based teams to learn and use effective teaching strategies. Professional Development

11. Pelican at the Shipyard for Mid-Life Refit

12. Days at sea for the Pelican, Gyre, and Longhorn 1995-2004 Year Days At Sea Pelican after Refit

13. Damage and Clean-Up from Hurricane Lili

14. Silt Build Up in LUMCON lagoon Photo taken at low tide January 17, 2003 Low Water 1/17/03

15. Effects of Hurricane Ivan Rear of Facility South

16. Baton Rouge Marrero Houma Berwick Alexandria Chalmette Ruston Hammond Jefferson Kenner Lafayette Lake Charles Cut Off Met Minden Chauvin Montegut Monroe Morgan City Shreveport New Orleans Patterson Pineville Schriever Thibodaux Eunice Pontchatoula Slidell Gray Geismer Raceland Terrytown LUMCON Group Facility Use (IN STATE) July 1, 2003 – June 31, 2004 LUMCON Bourg West Monroe Carencro

17. LUMCON GEOGRAPHIC FACILITY USAGE CHART GROUPS - OUT OF STATE July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004 Port Aransas TX Melbourne FL Miami FL St. Petersburg Fl Boston MA Tallahassee Fl Columbia SC Beaumont TX Raleigh NC Plano TX Charleston OR Beaufort NC Albany CA Arlington VA Mobile AL Sangerties NY Bronxville NY Narangansette RI Durant OK Scranton PA Greenville NC Gainsville FL Stennis Ms Indianola MS Houston TX Woodshole MA Bloomfield Hills MI Victoria British Columbia

19. DeFelice Marine Center Saturday, May 8, 2004 Cocodrie, LA