by MARCO | Feb 16, 2015 | MARCO Blog, News
Every map tells a story. The Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal wants to help you share yours – and connect with other users – through data-driven, multi-media explorations of the Mid-Atlantic. Never made a map? No problem. You can be an ocean mapping expert in no time:...
by MARCO | Dec 5, 2014 | MARCO Blog, News
ASTORIA, OREGON | By Arlo Hemphill In 2009, the Governor’s of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and New York signed an agreement to enhance the vitality of the Mid-Atlantic’s ocean ecosystem and economy and identify four regional priorities for...
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...