Coastal Zone Training, Outreach & Education: Promoting Stewardship

1. 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

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

3. Legislative Mandates • Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) • Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments • Congressional Appropriations (e.g.,Coastal & Estuarine Land Conservation) • Executive Order 13089 (Coral Reef Conservation & Task Force) • Coral Reef Conservation Act (CRCA) • Executive Order 13158 (Marine Protected Areas) • MOU creating Cooperative Institute for Coastal & Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET) • Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act • Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act

4. 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

5. 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

6. Training • Capacity building for partners & key audiences • Technical assistance • Skill development • Knowledge transfer

7. 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 Training: NERRS Coastal Training Program

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

9. 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 and Technical Assistance: Coral

10. 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 Training & Technical Assistance: Coastal Zone Management Programs

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

12. 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

13. 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

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

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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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