Coastal Response Research Center

The Coastal Response Research Center is focused on developing new approaches to spill response and restoration in marine and estuarine environments through research and synthesis of information.

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MPA Center Partners with UNH on Maine-New Hampshire Atlas Project (OCRM)
From January 12-14, the National Marine Protected Areas Center (MPA Center), in cooperation with the Coastal Response Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, hosted a New Hampshire and Southern Maine Ocean Uses Atlas workshop. Participating resource managers, stakeholders, and scientists used innovative Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques to map patterns of consumptive, non-consumptive, and industrial/military human uses of the ocean from the high tide line to 200 nautical miles out for the coastal area from Phippsburg, Maine, to the New Hampshire/Massachusetts border. The resulting data, maps, and analytical products will be used in emergency response planning and made available to state and federal ocean management agencies and all other interested parties. For more information, contact Charles Wahle
National Ocean Service Weekly Update, 01.25.10

Gravel Beaches Trapping Oil from 1989 Exxon Spill More>>
Associate Press, 01.17.10

Coast Guard Tries to Fix Port-au-Prince's Cargo Port
(ENR) The Jan. 12 quake that struck Haiti made a shambles of the cargo-handling facilities of the port of Port-au-Prince, a U.S. Coast Guard assesment team reported late Friday. More>>

Boston Contractor Sets Up Special Haiti Relief Fund
(ENR) James S. Ansara, chairman, founder and former CEO of Shawmuth Design & Construction, has set up a special fund to help Haiti and has pledged to match up to $1M of contributions with his own money. More>>

USGS: Arctic Could Face Warmer and Ice-Free Conditions There is increased evidence that the Arctic could face seasonally ice-free conditions and much warmer temperatures in the future. More>>

The Oil Spill Recovery Institute's Annual Progress Report on Oil in Ice: Transport, Fate, and Potential Exposure is available here>>

ERDC-CRREL and UNH Form Partnership in Education
The U.S. Army Engineer Researcher and Development Center's (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) and the UNH recently formed a "Partnership in Education" program. More>>
UNH Campus Journal, 05.27.09

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Features


		Co-Director Nancy Kinner and Dr. Tom Ballestero of UNH recently ventured to Monterrey, Mexico to consult on a gasoline spill leakage into bedrock with the Instituto del Aqua del Estado de Nuevo Leon (IANL).

		Response to Liquid Asphalt Releases in Aquatic Environments The goal of the Center-hosted workshop was to harness existing resources on this topic, then determine research gaps. A final report is forthcoming. For more info click here>>

		The Center is pleased to congratulate our board member David Kennedy on his winning NOAAs 2009 Presidential Rank Award. Kennedy was also recently named Assistant Administrator of NOAA for the National Ocean Service. Congratulations!

		The Submerged Oil-State of the Practice and Research Needs workshop report is now available here>>

		Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA™) The Center is leading an effort to develop a data platform capable of interfacing diverse datasets with a map server and displaying real-time data in a web-based format. More>> Read about ERMA's debut at the June PREP exercise in Portsmouth Harbor here>> Visit the ERMA webpage here>>

Coastal Response Research Center

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This Page Updated :: February 9, 2010