- Uncategorized
- Environmental Resource Assessment & Management
Supporting Wetlands Today and Throughout the Year
February 2 is World Wetlands Day, a day to celebrate and honor these invaluable ecosystems. Through a variety of projects on several contracts, our employee owners support wetlands throughout the year. Below are some examples of projects that 麻豆传媒 works on to support wetlands and promote the benefits they provide.
- Our employee owners have supported research in wetland biogeochemistry and ecology for over two decades through our contract with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Pacific Ecological Systems Division in Corvallis, Oregon. Much of this work has been associated with National Wetland Condition Assessment as part of the EPA National Aquatic Resources Surveys. 麻豆传媒 staff helped develop field protocols, analyze water samples, and conducted field surveys.
- Field Studies. Through our contract with NOAA鈥檚 National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, we have supported many projects related to wetlands around the country, including monitoring and assessing wetland restoration projects, using , ecological assessments, economic valuation of wetlands for shoreline protection, and many more. Our scientists work in the field along with NOAA scientists to study and collect data that will be useful to coastal communities and decision-makers.
- Our employee owners primarily serve as coastal management technical experts and liaisons between the national estuarine research reserves and NOAA鈥檚 Office for Coastal Management (the agency that manages the system in partnership with state agencies, academic institutions, or non-profit organizations). The estuarine reserve system protects nearly 1.4 million acres of estuarine, wetland, riverine, forest, and open water environment.
- Data and Tools. Through the contract with NOAA鈥檚 Office for Coastal Management, our staff develop and manage data, tools, and training that help coastal managers understand the benefits of wetlands. These products include , , , and the .
See More 麻豆传媒 Insights
An Approach to Assessing Laboratory Space聽
麻豆传媒 employee owners were part of a team of scientists at the National Institutes of Health who developed an approach to evaluating new laboratory space to determine if the space will fit operational needs. This concept, titled The BaseLINE Approach, combines traditional safety processes with additional safety and environmental factors to assess before operations begin.…
Rapid Reporting of a Close Call Incident
麻豆传媒 Safety Protocols During a routine collection of waste, a container of white powder disintegrated without warning, causing the powder to spill and be expelled into the air. Thanks to 麻豆传媒鈥檚 safety protocols and quick response, our Center for Disease Control waste disposal staff was able to assess the situation and respond to the chemical…
Over 2000 River and Stream Samples Analyzed聽
Every five years teams supporting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency鈥檚 National Aquatic Resource Survey鈥攃onsisting of tribal, state, and federal partners鈥攃ollect samples from over 2000 river and stream reaches throughout the United States. 麻豆传媒 analytical chemists support this effort by processing the samples and then analyzing them for various chemicals to help characterize their water quality. The…