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Environmental Research Monitoring Projects

Environmental Studies and Research Monitoring involves a repeated sampling of the environment over time to: establish baseline conditions; determine natural variability; and assess changes and trends due to human activities. The MMS either conducts or requires this type of monitoring through its Environmental Studies Program to determine the extent to which activities caused by, or permitted by MMS, such as development of offshore oil and gas, sand and gravel, and methane hydrate resources affect the human, marine, and coastal environments.

 

	National OCS Marine Minerals, Methane Hydrates, and Alternative Energy Projects Design of a Monitoring Protocol/Plan for Environmentally Sound Management and Development of Federal Offshore Sand Borrow Areas Along the United States East and Gulf of Mexico Coasts (OCS Study 2001-089, Oct. 2001 Technical Summary Full Report Scientific Journal Publication
	Alaska OCS Region OCS Oil and Gas Projects Monitoring the Distribution of Arctic Whales Synthesis and Collection of Meteorological Data in the Nearshore Beaufort Sea: Extension Continuation of Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in Development Area (cANIMIDA)
	Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Projects Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks   OCS Marine Minerals, Methane Hydrates, and Alternative Energy Projects
	Pacific Region OCS Oil and Gas Projects MMS Intertidal (MINT) Study MARINe (Multi-Agency Rocky-Intertidal Network) Monitoring Study Environmental Mitigation Monitoring
	Atlantic OCS Area (OCS Marine Minerals, Methane Hydrates, and Alternative Energy Projects Only) Cooperative Agreement Number 1435-01-02-CA-85050. Field testing of a physical/biological monitoring methodology for offshore dredging and mining operations (Long-term monitoring at Sandbridge Shoal, offshore Virginia)
	Case Studies