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1 Louisiana Sea Grant College Program at LSU Robert R. Twilley, Executive Director 45 YRS of Service among LSU and Louisiana Universities with coastal communities

2 Healthy Ecosystems & Habitats FOCUS AREAS Resilient Communities & Economies Extension Agent Territories Sustainable Fisheries & Aquaculture Education & Workforce Development Louisiana Sea Grant Research Education Outreach Promote stewardship through a combination of programs critical to the cultural, economic and environmental health of Louisiana s coastal zone.

3 Mark Shirley, Marine Agent; Jefferson Davis, Vermilion, Acadia, St. Landry, Evangeline, Cameron, Calcasieu, Lafayette, Beauregard and Allen Parishes Louisiana Sea Grant Main Office Agents Carol Franze, Associate Marine Agent; St. Tammany and Tangipahoa Parishes Carol Franze, Associate Marine Agent Twyla Herrington, Associate Marine Agent Albert Rusty Gaudé, MarineAgent Alan Matherne, Marine Agent Thu Bui, Assistant Marine Agent Thomas Hymel, Marine Agent Mark Shirley, Marine Agent Kevin Savoie, Marine Agent Shared parish Agent office location Twyla Herrington, Associate Area Agent; Plaquemine and St. Bernard Parishes Kevin Savoie, Marine Agent; Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes Thomas Hymel, Marine Agent; Iberial, St. Martin, Lafayette, Vermilion, St. Landry and Avoyelles Parishes Thu Bui, Assistant Marine Agent; St. Mary, Iberia and Vermilion Parishes Alan Matherne, Marine Agent; Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes Albert Rusty Gaudé, Marine Agent; Jefferson, Orleans, St. James and St. John

4 Louisiana Sea Grant Research Education Outreach Sea Grant serves Louisiana s coastal population about 70 percent of the state s residents through Extension Agents, who live in the coastal areas they serve, and Extension Specialists, who are based at LSU. Extension Agent Territories

5 National Network supported by grants from NOAA

6 Building Two-way Bridges through Sea Grant Networks Figures courtesy of: Dr. John Jacobs, Texas Sea Grant

7 Louisiana Sea Grant Research Education Outreach Sea Grant Legal and Policy (one of only eight programs in national sea grant network) Law and Policy of Alternative Aquaculture Extension Agent Territories Updates on the Biggert-Waters Act for policy makers and public Developing coastal zone management policies Law and Policy of Coastal Risks Reduction and Flood Protection

8 Louisiana Sea Grant Research Education Outreach Regional Planning of More Resilient Communities Resilient Communities and Economies Small Business Development of Extension Agent Territories Coastal Industries Promoting Innovation Awareness of Coastal Flooding Risks to Communities Techniques to Value Ecosystem Services

9 Louisiana Sea Grant Research Education Outreach Coastal Crisis Management (5 hurricanes, two floods & oil spill since 2005) Extension Agent Territories

10 Risk Reduction

11 The relative sea level rise impacts to Coastal Louisiana TODAY represent the future impacts of most other coastal landscapes TOMORROW

12 Strategic Outcome: Weather-Ready Nation Ready Responsive Resilient NWS Strategic Outcome: Weather-Ready Nation Strategic Goals NWS Strategic Goals Improve Weather Decisions Services Improve Water Forecasting Services Enhance climate services and adapt to climate-related risks Improve sector-relevant information in support of economic productivity Enable environmental forecast services supporting healthy communities and ecosystems Sustain a highly skilled, professional workforce equipped with training, tools, and infrastructure to meet mission National Sea Grant Office Embraces WRN: NWS Can t Do It Alone 12

13 ASGS ADCIRC Surge Guidance System CERA Coastal Emergency Risks Assessment real-time interactive tool during emergency situations development and validation tool for coastal modelers

14 CERA Clients NOAA NWS Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center - Slidell, LA NOAA NWS Forecast Center - Lake Charles, LA Governor s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP), LA GIS Community U.S. Geological Survey Stephenson Disaster Management LSU Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute, University of South Carolina Louisiana Sea Grant U.S Coast Guard National Hurricane Center

15 Joint Research/Operations Vision Coastal Hazards Complex ($15 million): LSU Coastal Hazards Center: The LSU Hurricane Center (HC) was first approved by the Board of Regents in 2000, and reauthorized in 2003, with the goal of developing an interdisciplinary research program on hurricanes and their impacts on the natural, built and human environments.

16 Coastal Hazards Complex ($15 million): Joint Research/Operations Vision

17 Coastal Hazards Complex: Will House NWS Forecasting, LSU Coastal Hazards Center, Louisiana Sea Grant College Program Sea Grant Commitment: Sea Grant Laborde Endowed Chair in Research and Technology Director of the Coastal Hazards Center - Dr. Scott Hagen

18 LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio Building capacity Design Solutions Making Impact

19 Discovery-Integration-Application: LA DIA

20 A well-informed public is more likely to engage constructively in sciencerelated policy decisions. Government policies, management decisions, and corporate and personal decisions should be informed by the best scientific knowledge available.

21 University Research Sea Grant Partnerships: Discovery Integration Application

22 Healthy Ecosystems & Habitats FOCUS AREAS Resilient Communities & Economies Extension Agent Territories Sustainable Fisheries & Aquaculture Education & Workforce Development Louisiana Sea Grant Research Education Outreach Promote stewardship through a combination of programs critical to the cultural, economic and environmental health of Louisiana s coastal zone.

23 Thank You

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