Training, Outreach & Education in the Coastal Zone: Informing decision-makers and increasing literacy to promote stewardship Science Advisory Board: EOE WG 3 May 2007 David Kennedy, Director Office of Ocean & Coastal Resource Management National Ocean Service

OCRM in action Technical Assistance Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Locally-relevant curricula Community Outreach Training Programs

Legislative Mandates  Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA)  Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments  Congressional Appropriations (e.g.,Coastal & Estuarine Land Conservation)  Executive Order (Coral Reef Conservation & Task Force)  Coral Reef Conservation Act (CRCA)  Executive Order (Marine Protected Areas)  MOU creating Cooperative Institute for Coastal & Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET)  Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act  Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act

OCRM Strategic Objectives  Improve coastal and ocean literacy and motivate individuals and groups to take actions that benefit communities and ecosystems  Strengthen the scientific basis for decision-making on coastal and ocean resources through informed public involvement/outreach and professional training programs

How are we achieving results?  Through place-based training, outreach, and education  National Estuarine Research Reserves  Coastal Programs  Coral Reef Conservation  Marine Protected Areas  Policy and Evaluation

Training  Capacity building for partners & key audiences  Technical assistance  Skill development  Knowledge transfer

Training: NERRS Coastal Training Program  Partnerships  State coastal programs  Sea Grant Extension  Local partners  Approach  Enhance the capacity to use scientific information for decision-making  Services & Products  Tailored training  Issue summits  Online learning modules  Listserv interactions  Opportunities  Networking  Collaboration  Diffusion of information

NERRS System-wide Monitoring Program Partnering with oyster growers to access real-time SWMP data to support their needs via web portals. Data Delivery for Decision Support … Past Future… Checksalinity

Training and Technical Assistance: Coral  Training for Coral Reef Managers & staff  Train the Trainer workshops: Socio-Economic Monitoring  Building local capacity in education, outreach  Fisheries Enforcement workshops  A Reef Manager’s Guide to Coral Bleaching  Technical Assistance  Local Action Strategies addressing: - overfishing - Land-based sources of pollution - Lack of public aawareness - Recreaional overuse or misuse - Disease and coral bleaching - Climate Change

Training & Technical Assistance: Coastal Zone Management Programs  Shoreline Management Technical Assistance Toolbox (online)  Management tools, case studies and additional resources for state resource managers & local decision-makers.  Docks & Piers Management Training and Tools (online)  Workshops, white papers, training materials, and other resources for coastal managers.  Partnering for Non-point Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO) Programs

Formal Education  Educational activities encompassing K-12, undergraduate and graduate initiatives, teacher training, and curricula development

Education in the National Estuarine Research Reserves  “K to Gray”  K-12 Estuarine Education Program (KEEP)  Graduate Research Fellowships  Estuaries Live/Distance Learning  Elderhostel programs  Reached approximately 80,000 students & 3,000 teachers

Education through the Corals Program  National Science Teachers Association Partnership: education and professional development resources for teachers on coral reef ecosystem science  K-12 Curricula on Coral-related science and management  Coral Management Fellowship  Coral Internships  Reef Guardians

Outreach  Engaging key publics in formal and non-formal settings to address ocean and coastal resource management issues.

Outreach in the NERRS  Interpretive Centers  Public Programs and Events  Volunteer Opportunities  Field Experiences  Friends of Groups

Outreach in the Coral Program  Coral Reef Newsletter  Inter-agency Coordination for Education and Outreach  International Year of the Reef  Public Service Announcements  Smithsonian: Ocean Hall Partnership  RARE Pride Campaign: American Samoa  Regional Coral Reef Outreach Capacity building initiative

Outreach: Coastal Management Programs  Clean Marinas  Encouraging marina operators and recreational boaters to protect coastal water quality  Beach Clean-ups  “Coast Weeks”  Federal Consistency Workshops

Outreach: Public Engagement  Policy  Envisioning the Future of Coastal Management  Evaluation  Section 312 Federal Program reviews  Marine Protected Area Centers  Developing a national framework/inventory of protected areas  NERRS Management Plans  Update and feedback from partners

Measuring Success  Audience assessments  Pre- and post-tests of programs  Marketing strategies and feedback loops  Coastal Training Program Performance Monitoring System  Agreed-upon suite of 14 indicators  Track indicators to objectives  Reporting system across system of 27 sites

Strengthening NOAA’s Capabilities  Making the most of place-based assets  Making the most of public engagement processes  A mandate to coordinate across NOAA programs  Build on existing intra-agency efforts to promote literacy and stewardship  Enhance NOAA’s socio-economic investigations and data applications to support Education, Training and Outreach program development