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Location: Saipan, CNMI

NOAA Coral Reef Management Fellowship Program 2008-2010 Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Location: Saipan, CNMI. Kathleen M. Herrmann, MMA. February 27, 2009. Location: Saipan & Rota, CNMI.

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Location: Saipan, CNMI

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  1. NOAA Coral Reef Management Fellowship Program 2008-2010 Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Location: Saipan, CNMI KathleenM. Herrmann, MMA February 27, 2009

  2. Location: Saipan & Rota, CNMI CNMI is a chain of 14 tropical islands in the Western Pacific totaling less than 185 square miles, but stretching over 375 miles north to south.

  3. Fellow Coordinates between three local agencies & NOAA: • Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ), • Coastal Resources Management Office (CRM), • Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW)

  4. Fellowship Goals • Watershed Planning • Capacity Building • Education & Outreach • Socioeconomic Monitoring • Professional Development

  5. Targeting Behavior Change Strategies in CNMI • Serve as Project • Coordinator • Assist in Conference • Planning • Link to SEM-Pacifika Goals

  6. Talakhaya Watershed Revegetation Project • Serve as Watershed Coordinator • Facilitate Project Logistics • Conduct Education & Outreach • Measure Effectiveness for • Micronesia Challenge

  7. Talakhaya Watershed Revegetation Project

  8. Talakhaya Revegetation Project • Luta Livelihoods • Orientation Training • Community Planting Festival • Over 31,000 grass and tree seedlings planted in 2008 • Coconut Fiber Pilot Project • Future plans • Continued Marine Monitoring • Restart Water Quality Monitoring • Vegetation Transect Lines to measure survival

  9. Watershed Inventories • Gather data on local watersheds • Bring in experts for training on land based pollution • Work with NOAA PSC to develop NPS pollution and erosion comparison tool and the Habitat Priority Planner

  10. Conservation Action Plan (CAP) and the Micronesia Challenge • Finalize CAP • Link goals to fellowship projects • Diverse coral reef and marine ecosystem • Tourism – important dive site (>100 divers/day) • Recreation & fishing • Turtle nesting habitat • Historic sites and medicinal plants Laolao Bay Economic, Recreational, Cultural and Historical Values

  11. Threats Identified in CAP Process

  12. Completed One Year Workplan Included workplan in NOAA CRI Grant Allowed CNMI to submit proposal for NOAA/Obama Stimulus Package CAP Results to date:

  13. Watershed Intern Mentoring • Host an intern each • summer to train • them for a future • environmental career • Assist them in completing • a project

  14. LaoLao Bay Land-Based Sources of Pollution Local Action Strategy • Conduct Socioeconomic • Monitoring • Assist in watershed • efforts

  15. Watershed Science Fair 4th Grade Class Presentations Library Readings Career Days Beach Cleanups Community Events/Fiestas Education and Outreach

  16. Erosion and Sediment Control Contractor Training and Certification Program • Three Day Training • Live BMP Demonstration • New Field Manual • Materials Expo and Happy Hour Networking Event to bring products to CNMI! • Exam Certification Program

  17. Professional Development • Micronesians in Island Conservation (MIC) 10th Retreat in Guam April 08. • SEM-Pasifika Socioeconomic Training Workshop May 08 in Republic of the Marshall Islands • 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, in Florida on July 08 • US Coral Reef Task Force Meeting/Fellowship Retreat, Kona, Hawaii August 2008 • Fellowship Retreat, Guam June 2009

  18. Thanks! A special thanks to Fran Castro, Brooke Nevitt, Reina Camacho, Chuck Sayon, Gary Toves, and James Manglonafor their support and guidance on these projects, and to Marci Wulff for her leadership for the NOAA Coral Fellows. A big thank you also to Meghan Gombos, Kathy Chaston, Dana Wusinich-Mendez, Arielle Levine, and Christy Loper for their project support

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