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Grant Project Summaries


Number of GIS I&D Grants by State

Grant Projects by Region/State (click on links to view more detail)

Regional Definitions:

  1. Gulf of Mexico Region – Alabama, Florida locations north and west of Cape Sable, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
  2. Southeast Region – Florida locations east of Cape Sable, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
  3. Mid-Atlantic Region – North Carolina, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia
  4. Northeast Region – Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.
  5. Graet Lakes Region – Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
  6. West Coast & Pacific Region – California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, American Somoa, Guam, and Northern Marianas.
  7. National – Kentucky.

Gulf of Mexico Region

Alabama

Geological Survey of Alabama, March 2004 – August 2005, $75,620.
Rescuing and Documenting Toxic Pollutant Data Sets for the Mobile Delta and Bay

Florida

Florida Marine Research Institute, October 1998 – September 1999, $79,625.
Development and Evaluation of a Monitoring and Emergency Response/Crisis Management System for Oil Spills and Hurricanes

Louisiana

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, March 2004 – February 2005, $48,150.
Restructuring and Automating LUMCON’s Environmental Monitoring Systems (LEMS)

University of New Orleans, Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, September 2003 – August 2008, $1,094,806.
Establishment of the Louisiana Digital Information System

Mississippi

University of Southern Mississippi, September 2003 – August 2008, $1,094,806.
Proposal for the Establishment of the Louisiana/Mississippi Digital Coast Initiative

Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, March 2003 – May 2004, $62,915.
Mississippi Coastal Information System

Mississippi State University, April 2005 – September 2006, $97,570.
Linking Coastal Watersheds in the Tennessee-Tombigbee and Mobile Bay Basin

Southeast Region

Georgia

Chatham County Emergency Management Agency, April 2005 – October 2006, $125,000.
Coastal Planning, Response, and Recovery from Tropical Hazards

Florida

Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Rwsources Management, August 2001 – September 2003, $57,623.
Comprehensive Bathymetric Mapping for Lake Worth Logoon

University of Florida, September 2002 – August 2004, $50,900.
Coastal Data Information Server

University of Florida, April 2004 – March 2007, $98,274.
Manatee Protection Decision and Education Support System

University of Florida, Sea Grant Program, August 1997 – September 2000, $150,000.
A Recreational Boater–Based Method for Re-designing the NOS Small–Craft Chart: Promoting Safe Navigation and Stewardship of Coastal Resources

West Coast Inland Navigation District, October 2000 – April 2002, $58,770.
Bathymetric Data for Coastal Resource Management in Southwest Florida Waterways: A Proposal to Enhance and Standardize Field Collection Methods

Florida Department of Environmental Protection, July 2005 – December 2007, $131,115.
Development of a GIS Project for Franklin County and the Apalachicola NERR

North Carolina

North Carolina Division of Coastal Management, April 1998 – June 2001, $99,376.
North Carolina – NOAA Coastal Services Center Coastal Hazard Mitigation Cooperative Agreement

South Carolina

South Carolina Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), March 2003 – August 2004, $54,863.
South Carolina Marsh Island Assessment and Management Strategy

University of South Carolina, August 2002 – January 2004, $106,840.
Long-Term Coastal Data and Metadata Rescue and Product Dissemination by Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research

University of South Carolina, Baruch Institute for Marine Biology, June 2003 – May 2005, $84,502.
Coastal Nutrient, Water Quality, Toxic Algal Data, and Metadata Dissemination

Mid-Atlantic Region

Maryland

Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), August 2002 – April 2004, $88,111.
Bathymetric Survey of Maryland's Portion of Chincoteague Bay

Maryland DNR, April 2003 – March 2004, $56,032.
Data Stewardship Project FGDC Compliant metadata Data accessibility Retention of value of data Writing metadata

Virginia

The National Nature Conservancy, July 2004 – December 2006, $100,000.
Improving Methods for Identifying Priority Sites for Marine Conservation and Management: Integrating across Environments in the Pacific Northwest

Northeast and Great Lakes Region

Maine

Land Trust Alliance, June 2004 – May 2008, $500,000.
The Maine Coast Protection Initiative

Massachusetts

Tufts University, September 2004 – August 2005, $82,226.
Seabird Ecological Assessment Network Mapping Application (SEANET MAP): Distributed Internet Mapping for Marine Ecosystem Health

Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, August 2002 – December 2003, $80,550.
Coastal Structures Inventory of Cape Cod

Michigan

Great Lakes Commission, August 2002 – July 2003, $60,000.
Great Lakes Information Network Data Directory

New Jersey

New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, September 2002 – August 2003, $70,800.
Spatially Integrated Coastal Permitting System

New York

Cornell University, March 2004 – February 2005, $40,287.
Development of a Web site for Dissemination of NY Atlantic Coast Monitoring Program Erosion Hazards Data

Ohio

Ohio Department of Natural Resources, October 1998 – December 1999, $75,000
Digital Orthophotos for Lake Erie Shoreline

Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin, June 2003 – June 2005, $125,863.
Development of a Dynamic and Distributed GIS to Support Coastal Management Along the Wisconsin Lake Superior Coast

West Coast and Pacific Region

California

California Department of Fish and Game, July 2004 – June 2005, $77,308.
GIS and Analytical Tool Development Support for CalFish, a Web-based Data Storage, Management, and Retrieval System for California

California State University Foundation, Monterey Bay, August 2002 – December 2003, $79,352.
Hydrographic Data Acquisition for the Design and Management of Two Proposed California MPA's

California State University Foundation, August 2002 – July 2003, $79,769.
Integrated Spatial Data Model Tools Set for Classifying and Delineating Species Habitat Maps

San Jose State University, Moss Marine Landing Laboratory, August 2002 – June 2005, $99,850.
San Juan Archipelago Bathymetry Mapping, Habitat Characterization, and Geohazards Assessment

Ventura County California Planning Division, July 2005 – September 2007, $95,566.
Environmental Impact Biological Assessments: Spatial Data Capture and Delivery

Hawaii

University of Hawaii at Manoa, September 1999 – August 2001, $200,000
Hawaiian Shoreline Variability this Century: A Demonstration of Data Capacity Building

Oregon

Pacific State Marine Fisheries Commission, March 2004 – February 2006, $99,975.
GIS I&D Curriculum for Marine Resource Managers

Oregon State University, June 2004 – May 2007, $124,891.
NOAA Fellowships for Education and Research Opportunities in Applying GIS and Remote Sensing in Coastal Resource Management

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, August 2002 – May 2004, $49,941.
Nearshore Rocky Reef Habitat Survey using Multibeam Sonar - Marine Resource Program

Oregon Department of Land and Conservation Management, July 2003 – June 2004, $55,000.
Oregon Coastal Atlas and Climate Module

Oregon State University, March 2003 – September 2006, $64,917.
Spatial Technology Development and Educational Modules for the Fagatele Bay NMS

Oregon State University, October 1999 – September 2001, $100,000
Test Reducing Earthquake–Tsunami Hazards in Pacific Northwest Ports and Harbors

Washington State

The National Nature Conservancy, July 2004 – December 2005, $100,000
Improving Methods for Identifying Priority Sites for Marine Conservation and Management: Integrating across Environments in the Pacific Northwest

Washington State Department of Ecology, July 2004 – May 2005, $100,000.
A Tiered Approach for Analysis of Cumulative Impacts Resulting from Land Use Change and Shoreline Habitat Alteration

University of Washington, August 2004 – July 2005, $106,366.
Assessing the Potential for a Regional Ocean Governance Pilot Project in the Pacific Northwest

National

Kentucky

National States Geographic Information Council, March 2004 – February 2005, $90,00.
Random Access Metadata Tool for Online National Assessments – Phase 1 and 2

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