by MARCO | Dec 5, 2014 | Home Page News Item, News
A Message from the MARCO Management Board Kris Ohleth is departing her position as MARCO’s Executive Director on January 31, 2015. The Management Board truly appreciates the knowledge, hard work and passion that Kris has contributed to the MARCO team during...
by MARCO | Dec 3, 2014 | News
By Arlo Hemphill The Mid-Atlantic achieved another milestone this past month towards the development of a Regional Ocean Action Plan. On October 24th, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body (MidA RPB) released a set of documents for public comment and offered...
by MARCO | Dec 2, 2014 | Home Page News Item, News
Image above: Members of the Shinnecock Nation, along with non-Native American volunteers, help move a canoe from the beach in Hampton Bays, New York. Photo: Michael Heller/The Sag Harbor Express By Kris Ohleth Engaging the Native American tribes indigenous to...
by MARCO | Nov 25, 2014 | Home Page News Item, News
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) has been selected by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) to receive a grant award of $340,000 to implement a program that will disseminate...
by MARCO | Oct 6, 2014 | Home Page News Item, News
Download Media Release 6 October 2014 | by Arlo Hemphill BALTIMORE. The Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) has recently adopted a Course of Action to consider and develop recommendations to strengthen federal protection of submarine canyon habitats....
by MARCO | Oct 6, 2014 | MARCO Blog, News
PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA | By Michelle Lennox and Arlo Hemphill The tugboat, towboat and barge industry is the largest segment of the U.S. domestic maritime industry, employing more than 33,000 American mariners aboard its vessels. In the Mid-Atlantic alone, Waterways...