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Environmental Education
To increase awareness about the Gulf of Mexico, the Alliance proposes a comprehensive multi-year public awareness campaign to create a "sense of place" among Gulf residents and firmly establish the link between the health of the Gulf and the quality of life of residents. The Alliance also proposes to convene a bi-national Gulf of Mexico Alliance Education and Outreach Network to better coordinate existing education efforts. Supported by a full-time coordinator, the Network will consist of existing staff and facilities engaged in translating research and management activities into stewardship. Finally, the Alliance recommends expanding the existing Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center network so that one facility exists in each of the five U.S. Gulf States and the Mexican Gulf State of Veracruz and developing an environmental education pilot program targeted toward underrepresented and underserved communities in the Gulf region.
Goals for Environmental Education
- ED-1: Galvanize local communities to protect the Gulf of Mexico through targeted education
- ED-2: Conduct a public awareness campaign for the Gulf of Mexico
Education Priority Issue Team
Environmental Education Coordinator
Lee Yokel
Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Phone: (251) 861-8201
Email: lyokel@disl.org
Environmental Education Network Contact Info - Updated April 2007 (PDF) (1 pg, 12K, about PDF)
State Leadership
ALABAMA
John Dindo
Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Phone: (251) 861-7558
Email: jdindo@disl.org
FLORIDA
Gary Lytton
NERR
Phone: (239) 417-6310
Email: gary.lytton@dep.state.fl.us
LOUISIANA
Susan Testroet-Bergeron
BTNEP
Phone: (985) 447-0868
Email: susan@btnep.gov
MISSISSIPPI
Sharon Walker
USM
Email: Sharon.Walker@usm.edu
TEXAS
Rick Tinnin
NERR
Phone: (361) 749-6764
Email: tinnin@mail.utexas.edu
Federal Co-facilitators
Co-faciliatators from EPA and NOAA have been designated for each of the Priority Issue Teams (PITs) to serve as staff support to PIT state leads. Education co-facilitators are listed below:
Sharon Hayes
EPA - GMP
Phone: (228) 688-3506
Email: hayes.sharon-E@epa.gov
Ann Weaver
NOAA - Coastal Services Center
Phone: (843) 740-1176
Email: ann.weaver@noaa.gov
Alison Hammer
NOAA - NOS Special Projects
Phone: (301) 713-3000 x110
Email: alison.hammer@noaa.gov
Becky Boudreaux
NOAA - Gulf Services Center
Phone: (228) 688-1715
Email: becky.boudreaux@noaa.gov
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