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La. Universities Marine La. Universities Marine ConsortiumConsortium
Presented to the Joint Legislative Presented to the Joint Legislative Committee on Coastal Committee on Coastal
Restoration and Flood ControlRestoration and Flood Control
Friday, October 8, 2004Friday, October 8, 2004
LUMCON Budget
About $9 million annually
40% from State General Fund
60% from outside grants and other sources
LUMCON Employees
AdministrativeBarataria-Terrebonne National Estuary ProgramCafeteria-DormsInformation and TechnologyLibraryMaintenanceMarine and University EducationMonitoring StationsResearch Faculty and StaffVessels
Total of about 80 employees
River/Ocean Interactions
Dr. Nancy Rabalais studies Gulf hypoxia (Gulf “Dead zone”)
Dr. Rodney Powell studies the effect of trace metals like iron and copper on food webs
Dr. Mike Dagg researches the role of copepods, a type of zooplankton, in regulating food webs
Living Resources
Dr. Chris Finelli studies the way flowing water affects how shrimps use their environment
Dr. Paul Sammarco researches how larval coral get to oil rigs and other artificial reefs
Dr. Ed Chesney researches aquaculture of marine fish species.
LUMCON Education Programs
UNIVERSITY
Summer Courses
Distance Education Class
Field Trip Program
Faculty Institutes Reforming Science Teaching
K-12
Field Trip Program
Bayouside Classroom Water Sampling
LEAD Camp (High School Students)
TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
STEPS Student-Teacher Workshops
COSEE Teacher-Scientist Institute
COSEE Informal Educator Workshop
PUBLIC
Self-Guided Tours
Field Trip Program
Students have the opportunity to interact with LUMCON Researchers
through a number of programs
Summer Programs Coastal Landscape Photography 14
Introduction to Marine Zoology 4
Plankton Process 2
Marine Fish Ecology 5
Marine Environmental Chemistry 0
Invertebrates and Their Environment 1
LUMCON Estuarine Awareness & Discovery Camp
COSEE(prim. NSF)
Teachers work with scientists to learn marine science and researcher experience; Scientists work with teachers
to learn how to communicate their work.
FIRST(NSF)
Professors are supported by national, Louisiana and school-based teams to learn and use effective
teaching strategies.
Professional Development
Pelican at the Shipyard for
Mid-Life Refit
Days at sea for the Pelican, Gyre, and Longhorn 1995-2004
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Pelican
Gyre
Longhorn
Year
DaysAt Sea
Pelican after Refit
Damage and Clean-Up from Hurricane Lili
Silt Build Up in LUMCON lagoon
Photo taken at low tide January 17, 2003
Low Water 1/17/03
Effects of Hurricane Ivan
Rear of Facility South
Baton Rouge
Marrero
HoumaBerwick
Alexandria
Chalmette
Ruston
Hammond
JeffersonKenner
LafayetteLake Charles
Cut Off
Met
Minden
Chauvin Montegut
Monroe
Morgan City
Shreveport
New Orleans
Patterson
Pineville
Schriever Thibodaux
Eunice
Pontchatoula
Slidell
Gray
Geismer
RacelandTerrytown
LUMCONLUMCON
Group Facility Use Group Facility Use
(IN STATE)(IN STATE)
July 1, 2003 – June 31, 2004July 1, 2003 – June 31, 2004
LUMCON
Bourg
West Monroe
Site K-12 Pub Ed Gov U VS SS TOT
Abbeville 60 60
Alexandria 62 62
Baton Rouge 166 61 23 229 697 117 1293
Berwick 11 11
Bourg 36 36
Carrencro 70 70
Chalmette 20 20
Cut Off 20 20
Eunice 5 5
Chauvin 444 116 7 140 31 15 753
Geismer 12 12
Gray 60 60
Hammond 66 66 40 172
Houma 1026 392 1418
Jefferson 40 40
Kenner 100 100
Lafayette 162 52 337 285 836
Lake Charles 2 40 42
Marrero 135 135
Metarie 19 66 85
Minden 131 131
Monroe 88 14 141 243
Montegut 241 241
Morgan City 36 36
New Orleans 140 25 78 121 562 926
Patterson 32 32
Pineville 12 12
Pontchatoula 31 31
Raceland 25 25
Ruston 114 55 169
Schriever 154 378 532
Shreveport 97 97
Slidell 12 12
Terrytown 20 20
Thibodaux 156 67 40 131 141 535 1070
West Monroe 20 21 41
TOTAL USAGE 3465 1257 70 764 1409 1802 8747
Carencro
LUMCON GEOGRAPHIC FACILITY USAGE CHARTLUMCON GEOGRAPHIC FACILITY USAGE CHART
GROUPS - OUT OF STATEGROUPS - OUT OF STATE
July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004
Port Aransas TXMelbourne FL
Miami FL
St. Petersburg Fl
Site K-12 U Gov PubE VS SS TOT
Mobile AL 16 16
Albany CA 3 3
Gainsville FL 8 8
Melbourne FL 4 4
Miami FL 15 15
St. Petersburg FL 10 10
Talahassee FL 15 15
Boston MA 3 3
Woodshole MA 8 8
Bloomfield Hills MI 84 84
Indianola MS 45 45
Stennis MS 19 19
New Brunswick NJ 109 109
Beaufort NC 43 43
Greenville NC 57 57
Raleigh NC 50 50
Bronxville NY 3 3
Saugerties NY 7 7 14
Durant OK 36 36
Charleston OR 12 12
Scranton PA 13 13
Narrangaset RI 12 12
Columbia SC 24 24
Beaumont TX 10 10
Houston TX 10 10
Plano TX 3 3
Port Aransas TX 2 6 8
Arlington VA 5 5
Victoria BC 20 20
TOTAL USAGE 91 81 10 7 455 15 659
Boston MA
Tallahassee Fl
Columbia SC
Beaumont TX
Raleigh NC
Plano TX
Charleston OR
Beaufort NC
Albany CA
Arlington VA
Mobile AL
Sangerties NYBronxville NY
Narangansette RI
Durant OK
Scranton PA
Greenville NC
Gainsville FLStennis Ms
Indianola MSHouston TX
Woodshole MA
Bloomfield Hills MI
Victoria British Columbia
LUMCON ---WALK-IN VISITORS --- NATION-WIDELUMCON ---WALK-IN VISITORS --- NATION-WIDEJuly 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004 (1165 total)
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
NEVADA
OREGON
WASHINGTON
IDAHO
MONTANA
WYOMING
COLORADO
NEBRASKA
KANSAS
TEXAS
NEW MEXICO
SOUTH DAKOTA
NORTH DAKOTA
MINNESOTA
UTAH
ARIZONA
MISSOURI
IOWA
MISS
WISCONSIN
TENNESSEE
KENTUCKY
NORTHCAROLINA
VIRGINIA
FLORIDA
G EORGIA
INDIANA
MICHIGAN
OHIOPENNSYLVANIA
NEW YORK
LOUISIANA
OKLAHOMA
SOUTHCAROLINA
WESTVA
MAINE
5
ALASKA
RI
MASS
ALABAMA
29
30
19
38
1 11
9
4
24
7
58
49919
18
21
4
7
54
6
2518
13
26
NJ 6
7
NH 2
VT
Wash., DC
11
23
30
10
14
5
3
CT 6
ILLINOIS
MD
74
26
HAWAII
2
4
3
2
3
DeFelice Marine Center
Saturday, May 8, 2004
Cocodrie, LA