Collection Summary

The National Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Center History Collection documents the formation, organization, statutory authority, management, and operations of the National Marine Protected Areas Center, which was implemented by the Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interior under Executive Order 13158. The mission of the National MPA Center is to facilitate the effective use of science, technology, training, and information in the planning, management, and evaluation of the nation's system of marine protected areas. The MPA Center's headquarters is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Silver Spring, Maryland, in the National Ocean Service (NOS)/Office of Coastal and Resource Management (OCRM).

The MPA Center History Collection includes materials which document the development of the MPA Center's headquarters operations; its Federal Advisory Committee; and its science services operations, co-located within the NOAA Fisheries offices in Santa Cruz and Monterey, California. It also features information on MPA Center leadership, staff, and related contacts.

The MPA Center History Collection is housed in NOAA Central Library. For current information on the National Marine Protected Areas Center, visit the Marine Protected Areas of the United States web site at:
http://mpa.gov/

Collection List

Box 1 - Contents

National MPA Center Formation

Executive Order 13158 of May 26, 2000 ("Marine Protected Areas")

National MPA Center Organization

General Materials
National Marine Protected Areas Center Charter: An Internal Operational Guide, 2003

Strategic Plan, 2004

Strategic Plan, 2004-2009, Updated Feb. 2007

MPA Center Priorities and Realignment Memo, July 14, 2005

National MPA Center Operations in FY 2008 Memo, Nov. 16, 2007

Organization Chart, 2008

Organization Chart, 2009

Federal Advisory Committee (FAC) Materials
FAC candidates selection, press release, 2003

FAC Charter, 2004

FAC Charter, 2006

FAC committee structure, 2004

FAC committee structure, 2006

FAC committee structure, 2008

FAC Members list, 2006

FAC Members list, 2008

FAC Member Biographies, 2005

FAC Member Biographies, 2007

FAC Member Biographies, 2009

FAC 2007 Products

FAC 2008 Products

FAC Other Products

National MPA Center Personnel

Joseph Uravitch (MPA Center Director), Resume and biography, 2005

Charles Wahle (MPA Science Institute Director), Biography, 2005

Staff directory and contact lists, 2005

Staff directory and contact lists, 2007

Staff directory and contact lists, 2009

Prepared by Kathleen A. Kelly, NOAA Central Library, September 7, 2005
(Last update: August 18, 2009)