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USGS at Open House Highlighting Collaborations in Monterey Bay
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Alisha Halter Kage
(BRD, Santa Cruz) tells a vistor about her sea-otter research. |
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Mary McGann
shows Cub Scouts some sand samples from Monterey Bay beaches. |
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Volunteer Nicholas Degnan
helps a young visitor select handouts. |
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Hot item:
Our most successful outreach items may have been brown paper bags imprinted with
the USGS visual identifier. They were snapped up eagerly by visitors and also by the
emcee for a speaker session. The USGS got a plug after each talk, when the emcee
presented speakers with USGS bags in which he had put tokens of appreciation for
their participation.
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On April 21st, CMG staffed a big USGS booth at an open house hosted by the U.S. Navy's
Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center in Monterey, CA. Fleet Numerical is the Department of Defense's center for
global meteorological and oceanographic forecasting. The open house invited the public
to "Come and Explore Community Collaborations in the Oceans, Weather, Science and
Technology." It showcased Fleet Numerical and highlighted collaborations among other
institutions, such as USGS, that conduct research in and around Monterey Bay. The event
included facility tours, talks, refreshments, and informational booths.
CMG participants
Carolynn Box, Mike Carr, Carolyn Degnan, Nicholas Degnan (volunteer),
Helen Gibbons, Pat Helton (volunteer), Mary McGann, Jane Reid, and Bruce Rogers attended
the Open House. Alisha Halter Kage (BRD), who conducts sea otter research with Jim Estes
(BRD) and other colleagues at University of California, Santa Cruz, joined them. The
crowd was estimated at more than 1,000 and included U.S. Congressman Sam Farr (D-Santa
Cruz) and a camera crew from a local television station. The USGS group distributed
hundreds of information sheets, enjoyed scores of conversations with interested visitors,
and even helped some scouts earn science merit badges.
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June 2001
in this issue:
cover story:
Great Blue Hole of Belize
Channel Islands Cruise
Lake Mead Mapping
New Underwater Microscope System
Hurricane Display
Reston Open House
WHFC Outreach
Monterey Open House
School-to-Work Partnership
Acadiana Migratory Bird Day
SWICA-M³
Global Assessment of Geologically-Sourced Methane
Methane Hydrates
Metadata Workshop
Sue Hunt—Recycling
Coastal Stewardship
GIS 2001: Logan
GIS 2001: Massachusetts Bay
WHFC Visitors
Northeast Earthquake Hazards Map
June Publications List
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U. S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
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