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July 22, 2008


The Gulf of Mexico Region's Environmental Studies Program

Each Region’s Environmental Sciences Section has an Environmental Studies Program (links below), initiated in 1973, to gather and synthesize environmental, social, and economic information to support decision-making.

You can learn more about activities of the Gulf of Mexico Region’s (GOM) Environmental Studies Program, and view or download studies, papers, and publications, by using the links below.

Topics of Interest:

  • Archaeology in the Gulf of Mexico:  About historic shipwrecks (including teacher's resources), links to surveys, reports, papers, regulations, guidelines
     
  • Deepwater:  Links to NEPA documents and publications related to the deepwater province, including sperm whale research
     
  • Eastern Gulf of Mexico:  Description, history, current issues, new developments, environmental studies, and lease sale information
     
  • Featured studies and projects:  Web page and reports about the Flower Garden Banks, sperm whale research, and other unique topics

Papers, publications, reports, studies:

Regional Environmental Studies Programs

The Coastal Marine Institute at Louisiana State University, which carries out a portion of the GOM’s environmental research through a cooperative agreement, is coordinated by the GOM’s Environmental Studies Program.  Ongoing and completed CMI studies are available on the GOM and CMI Web page.


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