La. Universities Marine La. Universities Marine ConsortiumConsortium

Presented to the Joint Legislative Presented to the Joint Legislative Committee on Coastal Committee on Coastal

Restoration and Flood ControlRestoration and Flood Control

Friday, October 8, 2004Friday, October 8, 2004

LUMCON Budget

About $9 million annually

40% from State General Fund

60% from outside grants and other sources

LUMCON Employees

AdministrativeBarataria-Terrebonne National Estuary ProgramCafeteria-DormsInformation and TechnologyLibraryMaintenanceMarine and University EducationMonitoring StationsResearch Faculty and StaffVessels

Total of about 80 employees

River/Ocean Interactions

Dr. Nancy Rabalais studies Gulf hypoxia (Gulf “Dead zone”)

Dr. Rodney Powell studies the effect of trace metals like iron and copper on food webs

Dr. Mike Dagg researches the role of copepods, a type of zooplankton, in regulating food webs

Living Resources

Dr. Chris Finelli studies the way flowing water affects how shrimps use their environment

Dr. Paul Sammarco researches how larval coral get to oil rigs and other artificial reefs

Dr. Ed Chesney researches aquaculture of marine fish species.

LUMCON Education Programs

UNIVERSITY

Summer Courses

Distance Education Class

Field Trip Program

Faculty Institutes Reforming Science Teaching

K-12

Field Trip Program

Bayouside Classroom Water Sampling

LEAD Camp (High School Students)

TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

STEPS Student-Teacher Workshops

COSEE Teacher-Scientist Institute

COSEE Informal Educator Workshop

PUBLIC

Self-Guided Tours

Field Trip Program

Students have the opportunity to interact with LUMCON Researchers

through a number of programs

Summer Programs Coastal Landscape Photography 14

Introduction to Marine Zoology 4

Plankton Process 2

Marine Fish Ecology 5

Marine Environmental Chemistry 0

Invertebrates and Their Environment 1

LUMCON Estuarine Awareness & Discovery Camp

COSEE(prim. NSF)

Teachers work with scientists to learn marine science and researcher experience; Scientists work with teachers

to learn how to communicate their work.

FIRST(NSF)

Professors are supported by national, Louisiana and school-based teams to learn and use effective

teaching strategies.

Professional Development

Pelican at the Shipyard for

Mid-Life Refit

  

Days at sea for the Pelican, Gyre, and Longhorn 1995-2004 

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

Pelican

Gyre

Longhorn

Year

DaysAt Sea

Pelican after Refit

Damage and Clean-Up from Hurricane Lili

Silt Build Up in LUMCON lagoon

Photo taken at low tide January 17, 2003

Low Water 1/17/03

Effects of Hurricane Ivan

Rear of Facility South

Baton Rouge

Marrero

HoumaBerwick

Alexandria

Chalmette

Ruston

Hammond

JeffersonKenner

LafayetteLake Charles

Cut Off

Met

Minden

Chauvin Montegut

Monroe

Morgan City

Shreveport

New Orleans

Patterson

Pineville

Schriever Thibodaux

Eunice

Pontchatoula

Slidell

Gray

Geismer

RacelandTerrytown

LUMCONLUMCON

Group Facility Use Group Facility Use

(IN STATE)(IN STATE)

July 1, 2003 – June 31, 2004July 1, 2003 – June 31, 2004

LUMCON

Bourg

West Monroe

Site K-12 Pub Ed Gov U VS SS TOT

Abbeville 60 60

Alexandria 62 62

Baton Rouge 166 61 23 229 697 117 1293

Berwick 11 11

Bourg 36 36

Carrencro 70 70

Chalmette 20 20

Cut Off 20 20

Eunice 5 5

Chauvin 444 116 7 140 31 15 753

Geismer 12 12

Gray 60 60

Hammond 66 66 40 172

Houma 1026 392 1418

Jefferson 40 40

Kenner 100 100

Lafayette 162 52 337 285 836

Lake Charles 2 40 42

Marrero 135 135

Metarie 19 66 85

Minden 131 131

Monroe 88 14 141 243

Montegut 241 241

Morgan City 36 36

New Orleans 140 25 78 121 562 926

Patterson 32 32

Pineville 12 12

Pontchatoula 31 31

Raceland 25 25

Ruston 114 55 169

Schriever 154 378 532

Shreveport 97 97

Slidell 12 12

Terrytown 20 20

Thibodaux 156 67 40 131 141 535 1070

West Monroe 20 21 41

TOTAL USAGE 3465 1257 70 764 1409 1802 8747

Carencro

LUMCON GEOGRAPHIC FACILITY USAGE CHARTLUMCON GEOGRAPHIC FACILITY USAGE CHART

GROUPS - OUT OF STATEGROUPS - OUT OF STATE

July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004

Port Aransas TXMelbourne FL

Miami FL

St. Petersburg Fl

Site K-12 U Gov PubE VS SS TOT

Mobile AL 16 16

Albany CA 3 3

Gainsville FL 8 8

Melbourne FL 4 4

Miami FL 15 15

St. Petersburg FL 10 10

Talahassee FL 15 15

Boston MA 3 3

Woodshole MA 8 8

Bloomfield Hills MI 84 84

Indianola MS 45 45

Stennis MS 19 19

New Brunswick NJ 109 109

Beaufort NC 43 43

Greenville NC 57 57

Raleigh NC 50 50

Bronxville NY 3 3

Saugerties NY 7 7 14

Durant OK 36 36

Charleston OR 12 12

Scranton PA 13 13

Narrangaset RI 12 12

Columbia SC 24 24

Beaumont TX 10 10

Houston TX 10 10

Plano TX 3 3

Port Aransas TX 2 6 8

Arlington VA 5 5

Victoria BC 20 20

TOTAL USAGE 91 81 10 7 455 15 659

Boston MA

Tallahassee Fl

Columbia SC

Beaumont TX

Raleigh NC

Plano TX

Charleston OR

Beaufort NC

Albany CA

Arlington VA

Mobile AL

Sangerties NYBronxville NY

Narangansette RI

Durant OK

Scranton PA

Greenville NC

Gainsville FLStennis Ms

Indianola MSHouston TX

Woodshole MA

Bloomfield Hills MI

Victoria British Columbia

LUMCON ---WALK-IN VISITORS --- NATION-WIDELUMCON ---WALK-IN VISITORS --- NATION-WIDEJuly 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004 (1165 total)

ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

NEVADA

OREGON

WASHINGTON

IDAHO

MONTANA

WYOMING

COLORADO

NEBRASKA

KANSAS

TEXAS

NEW MEXICO

SOUTH DAKOTA

NORTH DAKOTA

MINNESOTA

UTAH

ARIZONA

MISSOURI

IOWA

MISS

WISCONSIN

TENNESSEE

KENTUCKY

NORTHCAROLINA

VIRGINIA

FLORIDA

G EORGIA

INDIANA

MICHIGAN

OHIOPENNSYLVANIA

NEW YORK

LOUISIANA

OKLAHOMA

SOUTHCAROLINA

WESTVA

MAINE

5

ALASKA

RI

MASS

ALABAMA

29

30

19

38

1 11

9

4

24

7

58

49919

18

21

4

7

54

6

2518

13

26

NJ 6

7

NH 2

VT

Wash., DC

11

23

30

10

14

5

3

CT 6

ILLINOIS

MD

74

26

HAWAII

2

4

3

2

3

DeFelice Marine Center

Saturday, May 8, 2004

Cocodrie, LA