{"id":15242,"date":"2020-02-10T09:47:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T14:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/?p=15242"},"modified":"2020-02-10T09:47:21","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T14:47:21","slug":"national-ocean-service-leader-gives-guest-lecture-to-monmouth-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/2020\/02\/10\/national-ocean-service-leader-gives-guest-lecture-to-monmouth-class\/","title":{"rendered":"National Ocean Service Leader Gives Guest Lecture to Monmouth Class"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Urban Coast Institute welcomed Nicole LeBoeuf, acting assistant administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service, to Monmouth University on Jan. 30 to talk with students about the NOS\u2019 work and careers in the agency.<\/p>\n

The mission of the NOS is to provide science-based solutions through collaborative partnerships to address evolving economic, environmental and social pressures on our oceans and coasts. It observes, measures, assesses, and manages the nation\u2019s coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes areas; provides critical navigation products and services; and conducts response and restoration activities to protect vital coastal resources.<\/p>\n

Guest lecturing to School of Science Assistant Dean John Tiedemann\u2019s coastal zone management (CZM) class, LeBoeuf described her work guiding the strategic vision of the 1,800-member agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re small, but we\u2019re scrappy, and we\u2019re doing lots of amazing things,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

LeBouef praised the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 for bringing much-needed consistency to how the states deal with their shorelines and waters. The goal of the act, which is administered by NOAA, is to preserve, protect, develop, and where possible, restore or enhance the resources of the nation\u2019s coastal zone. Currently, 34 states have Coastal Zone Management Programs in place \u2013 every state along the shore or Great Lakes but Alaska.<\/p>\n

The vast diversity of America\u2019s coastlines presents one of the greatest challenges for NOS\u2019 work, she said. Flipping between PowerPoint photos of a rural bluff overlooking the sea and a densely developed waterfront city, LeBouef noted, \u201cThis is every bit as much a coastal zone arena.\u201d<\/p>\n

LeBouef outlined the critical economic importance of coastal zones in the U.S. About 40 percent of Americans live in coastal counties, and beach tourism and recreation adds over $100 billion to the nation\u2019s GDP annually, she said. U.S. commercial ports alone are responsible for 13 million jobs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would challenge you to find anything in this room that didn\u2019t come through a port,\u201d she said. \u201cSo it is very important that our ports are taken care of.\u201d<\/p>\n

With a broad network of monitoring stations, ocean buoys, satellite communications, autonomous gliders and other scientific equipment at its disposal, the NOS provides data, tools, and services that help protect the ports and coastal economies and prepare them for future challenges, she said. To learn more about the NOS, visit https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Urban Coast Institute welcomed Nicole LeBoeuf, acting assistant administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service, to Monmouth University on Jan. 30 to talk with students about the NOS\u2019 work and careers in the agency. The mission of the NOS is to provide science-based solutions through collaborative partnerships to address […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 01:32:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15242"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15587,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15242\/revisions\/15587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}