Decision Support Networks

November 14, 2014

Oregon Sea Grant

On the ground resilience planning often requires the inclusion of up-to date scientific and technical information embedded in a stakeholder-centered communication process. Along this line, we offer facilitation services that guide dialogue in the process of making important decisions about coastal planning and we serve as a bridge between university resources and local end users. Oregon Sea Grant helps decision makers identify the information they need and the hurdles they are encountering on the way to making sound decisions, and as appropriate, connects them with relevant research and researchers. We have worked with communities on their comprehensive planning, and in the process of developing new zoning regulations. Our hazard resilience extension faculty, Pat Corcoran, participates in numerous projects at state and local levels. We have also been involved in projects using the Envision model developed by John Bolte of Oregon State University, which allows communities to engage in a meaningful scenario planning process.

Images of Sea Grant's work in research, education and extension provided by (from left to right) Wisconsin, Guam and Florida Sea Grant programs. Design by Hallee Meltzer | National Sea Grant Office.

Alabama

Sea Grant takes center stage in Oceanography special issue

NOAA Sea Grant-funded research and work with coastal and Great Lakes communities across the nation are being highlighted in a special issue of “Oceanography,” the official journal of The Oceanography Society.

This special issue, published in April 2024, features 36 articles contributed by Sea Grant authors across 29 programs and the NOAA National Sea Grant Office.

Sea Grant’s impacts ripple across U.S. communities

Sea Grant’s work addresses a range of coastal and marine challenges through four focus areas: healthy coastal ecosystems, sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, environmental literacy and

NOAA Sea Grant Develops 5-Year Aquaculture Investment Plan

Year-over-year, Sea Grant is committed to supporting aquaculture development across the nation, as a means of enhancing economic resilience and nutritional security in American communities. Sea Grant recently developed a five-year Aquaculture Investment Plan to guide its efforts in supporting aquaculture research, extension and education.