Grant Project Summary:
Mississippi State University
Linking Coastal Watersheds in the Tennessee-Tombigbee and Mobile Bay Basin
April 2005 to September 2006
Project Summary
The GeoResources Institute (GRI) of Mississippi State University and the
NOAA Coastal Services Center have entered a cooperative agreement to develop a shared geospatial database for Mobile Bay and the Tennessee-Tombigbee watershed and
foster institutional linkages between inland and coastal managers.
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NOAA Coastal Services Center's Role
The NOAA Coastal Services Center's primary role was to provide project oversight, GIS design, and data collection and analysis, and expertise on federal data
collection programs in the region. The Center served as a liaison with federal agencies.
Grantee Overview
The GeoResources Institute was created by Mississippi State University to combine and integrate academic and operational units that conduct research and educational activities in geospatial technologies and resource management. GRI brings together faculty from 22 departments within six divisions of Mississippi State University (MSU). The institute is located next to the main campus of MSU in Starkville, Mississippi, but also has offices at NASA's John
C. Stennis Space Center near the Gulf coast. GRI also collaborates with many community colleges and focuses on agriculture, water resources, state and local government, and economic development. The mission of GRI is to understand the Earth's natural and managed systems and provide comprehensive solutions for socioeconomic and environmental requirements, leading to an improved quality of life.
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