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Outreach Program Title:  4-H YOUTH Development Programs  
Website:  http://www.uri.edu/coopext/4H/  
Outreach Program Director Name:  Jeff Hall  
Phone:   (401) 874-7143  Fax:      (401) 874-2435  
E-mail:  jahall@uri.edu  
Outreach Program Description: 4-H is a non-formal educational program for youth. 4-H uses experiential learning to enable youth to develop their potential. Young people acquire knowledge and develop life skills that enable them to become self-directing, productive, and contributing members of society.
Outreach Program Impact Statement: 4-H empowers youth to reach their full potential working and learning in partnership with caring adults. Feedback from a total of 2,467 youth and 471 adult respondents nationwide reveal that young people and adults believe that 4-H Youth Development programs reflect very positively the critical elements that researchers identify as essential to positive growth and development. The critical elements are caring adults, safety, learning, service, responsibility, and belonging.

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Outreach Program Title:  Air Pollution Research Laboratory  
Website:  
Outreach Program Director Name:  Osama Ibrahim  
Phone:   (401) 874-2535  Fax:      (401) 874-2355  
E-mail:  
Outreach Program Description: Air Pollution; Air Pollution Monitoring Instrumentation; Remote sensing; Indoor Air Pollution

Outreach Program Title:  Allins Cove-Assessment of Geologic Change and Habitat Restoration.  
Website:  
Outreach Program Director Name:  Jon Boothroyd  
Phone:   (401) 874-2191  Fax:      (401)874-2190  
E-mail:  JON_BOOTHROYD@URI.EDU  

Outreach Program Title:  Alton Jones Campus Environmental Education Center, Summer Camp Programs
Website:  http://www.uri.edu/ajc/eec/camp.htm
Outreach Program Director Name:  John Jacques
Phone:   (401) 397-3304  Fax:      (401) 397-3293
E-mail:  jjacques@uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: URI's Environmental Education Center has offered summer camps for youth for over 35 years. The Farm and Forest Day Camp for ages 5 to 11 includes animal and garden care, exploration for fields and forests, and a campout for older campers. The residential Earth Camp for ages 9-13 offers seven themes focusing on the ecology and the environment including forests, wetlands, marine life, outdoor skills, and night camp. Facilities include a knotty pine dining lodge and six sleeping cabins Teen Expeditions for ages 12-17 include backpacking, kayaking, canoeing, caving and rock climbing/rappelling throughout New England. All camps utilize a private lake waterfront.

Outreach Program Title:  Alton Jones Campus Environmental Education Center, Facility Rentals Website:  http://www.uri.edu/ajc/eec
Outreach Program Director Name:  John Jacques
Phone:   (401) 397-3304 ext. 6043       Fax:  (401) 397-3293
E-mail:  jjacques@uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: For over 30 years URI's Environmental Education Center has operated as an overnight field trip destination for school-age students in grades 4-8. Students stay for up to five days to participate in group-building activities and learn about the environment, ecology, history and outdoor skills. The Center is utilized primarily by school systems from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.

Outreach Program Title:  Applied Research in New England Fisheries: Gear selectivity and bycatch characterization
Outreach Program Director Name:  Kathy Castro
Phone:   (401) 874-5063  Fax:      (401) 789-8930
E-mail:  Kcastro@uri.edu
Outreach Program Description:

Outreach Program Title:  Aquaculture and Fisheries
Website:  http://www.gso.uri.edu/outreach/index.html
Outreach Program Director Name:  Kathy Castro
Phone:   (401) 874-5063  Fax:      (401) 789-8930
E-mail:  Kcastro@uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: For the past three decades, RI Sea Grant has made a difference in three main areas - capture fisheries, aquaculture, and seafood safety and quality - to keep the northeast seafood industry productive, sustainable, and safe for consumers.

Outreach Program Title:  Aquaculture Education
Website:
Outreach Program Director Name:  Kathy Castro
Phone:   (401) 874-5063  Fax:      (401) 789-8930
E-mail:  Kcastro@uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: Course for the general public on aquaculture technologies, biology and permitting and for shellfish aquaculturists on innovative methods for oyster and hard clam aquaculture

Outreach Program Title:  Aquaculture Treatment and Recirculating Systems
Website:
Outreach Program Director Name:  Kathy Castro
Phone:   (401) 874-5063  Fax:      (401) 789-8930
E-mail:  Kcastro@uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: Applied research using land based recirculation systems for hatchery and grow out for lobsters, summer flounder, American eels, hybrid striped bass, koi, carp, and tilapia. This research facility doubles as a demonstration facility for the public

Outreach Program Title:  Armada Project
Website:  http://www.armadaproject.org
Outreach Program Director Name:  Andrea Kecskes
Phone:   (401) 874-6211  Fax:      (401) 874-6486
E-mail:  akecskes@gsosun1.gso.uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: The ARMADA Project provides K-12 teachers an opportunity to actively participate in ocean science research and peer mentoring.  Master Teachers develop ways to bring the fruits of their research experiences, including scientific data, methodologies, and technology into their classrooms.  They share their experience by mentoring new teachers in their school district and by presenting their results at National Science Teachers Association National Conventions.

Prior to embarking on their research project, ARMADA Master Teachers participate in an intense training workshop that encompasses standards-based pedagogies, mentoring and coaching strategies, and investigations of advanced ocean science content and resources. ARMADA Master Teachers are paired with leading ocean scientists, and participate in lab, field, or shipboard research with all expenses paid.

ARMADA Master Teachers serve as mentors to colleagues in their home school district who are new to teaching science.  During the two academic years following their research experience, ARMADA Master Teachers and Mentees work together to integrate the research experience into the classroom and identity related standards-based resources and curricula.

The ARMADA Project is a five-year project, funded by the National Science Foundation, developed and administered at the University of Rhode Island's Office of Marine Programs in collaboration with URI's Graduate School of Oceanography, the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education and the JASON

Outreach Program Impact Statement: Teachers who participate in the ARMADA Project participate in hands-on ocean science research, collect data that can be brought into the classroom, receive stipends for training workshop, research experience, and mentoring, earn URI graduate science credits, and attend two NSTA National Conventions.  Scientists who participate in the Project receive enthusiastic research assistance, are connected to a wider audience, and have access to a well-designed outreach program for channeling their results.  Students gain renewed teachers that are inspired to teach science, are educated by teachers with relevant scientific experience, experience working with real data and see science as a viable career choice.

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Outreach Program Title:  Botanical Information
Website:
Outreach Program Director Name:  Keith Killingbeck
Phone:   (401) 874-2624  Fax:      (401) 874-5974
E-mail:
Outreach Program Description: Specializes in the area of botany and plant ecology - frequently fielding questions about fall foliage, ecology and environmental concerns.
Outreach Program Impact Statement: I have provided botanical/ecological expertise to The Nature Conservancy, the RI Dept. of Environmental Management, the RI Dept of Transportation, the Audubon Society, the RI Natural History Survey, the RI Wild Plant Society, the New England Wild Flower Society, and the New England Plant Conservation Program.

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Outreach Program Title:  Center for Pollution Prevention
Website: 
Outreach Program Director Name:  Stanley Barnett
Phone:   (401) 874-2443/2323  Fax:      (401) 782-1180
E-mail:  barnett@egr.uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: This award winning program has saved money for local and international industry while eliminating environmental and energy problems. The most efficient and cost-effective way to cut toxic waste production is to eliminate hazardous chemicals from industrial processes. This idea--reducing toxic waste by avoiding its creation--is called source reduction. Industrial assessments are carried out to eliminate problem chemicals, waste stream and inefficient energy usage.

Outreach Program Title:  Center for Vector-Borne Disease
Website:
Outreach Program Director Name:  Tom Mather
Phone:   (401) 874-5616  Fax:      (401) 874-2494
E-mail:  tmather@uri.edu
College:  CELS
Outreach Program Description: CVBD researchers conduct zoonotic disease surveillance statewide, including surveys for tick and mosquito-transmitted diseases. Information gathered is distributed locally and nationally. Researchers and staff provide diagnostic services to the medical industry.

Outreach Program Title:  Clean Cities Program
Website:
Outreach Program Director Name:  Harold  Knickle
Phone:   (401) 874-       Fax:
E-mail:  knickle@egr.uri.edu
College:  Engineering
Outreach Program Description:

Outreach Program Title:  Coastal Community Development - Recreational Fishing in Rhode Island
Website:  http://www.gso.uri.edu/outreach/index.html
Outreach Program Director Name:  Kathy Castro
Phone:   (401) 874-5063  Fax:      (401) 789-8930
E-mail:  Kcastro@uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: Sea Grant has a long successful history contributing to the solutions for by catch problems in Rhode Island, and continues to tackle the problem through research, education, technology transfer, and gear development

Outreach Program Title:  Coastal Hazards - Training & Education
Website:
Outreach Program Director Name:  Jon Boothroyd
Phone:   (401) 874-2191  Fax:      (401) 874-2190
E-mail:  jon_boothroyd@uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: workshops & training sessions w/ planners, building officials, public works staff & emergency officers to assess risks & adopt municipal hazard mitigation strategies. Produce educational materials increase awareness of natural disasters for the public & gov’t

Outreach Program Title:  Coastal Resources Center
Website:  http://www.gso.uri.edu/outreach/index.html
Outreach Program Director Name:  Virginia Lee
Phone:   (401) 874-6224  Fax:      (401) 789-4670
E-mail:  vlee@gso.uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: CRC is committed to the sharing of experience, values, information and ideas among the coastal management community. CRC fosters better management of coastal ecosystems and greater stewardship of coastal resources.
Outreach Program Impact Statement: The program enables decision makers and citizens to engage in the participatory creation of Coastal management policies and plans for short and long-term ecosystem health.

Outreach Program Title:  Critical Lands Program
Website:
Outreach Program Director Name:  Peter August
Phone:   (401) 874-4794  Fax:      (401) 874-4561
E-mail:  pete@edc.uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: This project has developed a model and communication protocol to identify critical lands for conservation.  It identifies regions of the landscape that have high co-occurrence of natural and cultural resources.
Outreach Program Impact Statement: Our model and outreach program has emerged as the defacto standard method for open space conservation planning.  It is being used by a number of communities and land trusts.

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Outreach Program Title:  Discovery of Rhode Island Coastal Environments and Discovery of Environments.  Interactive Educational Websites
Website:  http://www.gso.uri.edu/outreach/index.html
Outreach Program Director Name:  Gail Scowcroft
Phone:   (401) 874-6211  Fax:      (401) 874-6486
E-mail:  gailscow@gso.uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: You can go on virtual field trips to four distinct ecosystems and discover the natural history and science at work within them. For teachers there are classroom activities, a glossary, and a biota gallery.

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Outreach Program Title:  Economic Valuation of Natural Resources
Website:
Outreach Program Director Name:  Timothy Tyrrell
Phone:   (401) 874-4580  Fax:      (401) 782-4766
E-mail:  tim@uri.edu
Outreach Program Description:

Outreach Program Title:  Education Resource Center
Website:  http://www.gso.uri.edu/outreach/index.html
Outreach Program Director Name:
Phone:   (401) 874-6211  Fax:      (401) 874-6486
E-mail:  sara@gso.uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: The Education Resource Center at the Coastal Institute Visitor Center comprises an extensive marine and environmental Education Resource Room and an Activity Kit Loaning Library.  The Resource Room serves teachers as a reference library for accessing a variety of educational materials where they can preview CD-ROMS, videos, professional journals, books, magazines, and classroom curriculum materials. Also included is a computer station with Internet access dedicated for teacher use. Teachers may explore the Internet and print relevant materials from the Net.

Outreach Program Title:  Energy Conservation in Industrial and Commercial Sector
Website:
Outreach Program Director Name:  Vincent Rose
Phone:   (401) 874-5924  Fax:      (401) 874-4689
E-mail:  rose@egr.uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: 1. Perform energy audits of companies to identify potential energy savings. 2. Provide recommendations re energy efficient systems 3. Promote adoption of energy efficient technologies 4. Serve as demonstration site for new technologies.

Outreach Program Title:  Environmental Studies
Website:
Outreach Program Director Name:  Harold Knickle
Phone:   (401) 874-       Fax:
E-mail:  knickle@egr.uri.edu
Outreach Program Description:

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Outreach Program Title:  Farm Safety
Website:
Outreach Program Director Name:  Richard Casagrande
Phone:   (401) 874-2924  Fax:      (401) 874-2924
E-mail:  casa@uri.edu
Outreach Program Description:

Outreach Program Title:  Fish Behavior
Website:
Outreach Program Director Name:  Kathy Castro
Phone:   (401) 874-5063  Fax:      (401) 789-8930
E-mail:  Kcastro@uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: Examination of fish behavior to help reduce by catch by developing gear designs that can be more selective

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Outreach Program Title:  Gardening Hotline (800) 448-1011
Website:  http://www.uri.edu/ce/ceec
Outreach Program Director Name:  Rosanne Sherry
Phone:   (401) 874-2929  Fax:      (401) 874-2259
E-mail:  mastergardener@uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: Cooperative Extension offers a free hotline to the citizens of RI. This hotline has resources and information regarding gardening, food safety, preservation, and quality issues.
Outreach Program Impact Statement: The URI Gardening and Consumer Hotline is toll-free inside Rhode Island.  It annually answers over 10,000 phone calls and 400 direct internet inquiries from Rhode Island residents in all cities and towns regarding questions about the home grounds and food safety issues.  About 40 volunteers work at the hotline throughout the year.  The hotline operates 47 weeks a year, four days a week, five hours a day.

Outreach Program Title:  Geographic Information Service
Website:
Outreach Program Director Name:  Peter August
Phone:   (401) 874-4794  Fax:      (401) 874-4561
E-mail:  pete@edc.uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: RI Geographic Info. System database www.edc.uri.edu/gis, Global Positioning System differential correction files www.edc.uri.edu/rigps, on-line aerial photography ortho.edc.uri.edu, digital atlas of critical environmental resources www.edc.uri.edu/riatlas

Outreach Program Title:  GreenShare - URI Cooperative Extension - Landscape Horticulture  
Website:  http://www.uri.edu/ce/ceec/greenshare.html
Outreach Program Director Name:  Marion Gold
Phone:   (401) 874-5705  Fax:      (401) 874-2259
E-mail:  mgold@uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: The program provides scientifically accurate & environmentally sound information on management of suburban & urban landscapes. Integrated pest management, pollution prevention & sustainable landscaping are the guiding principles of all GreenShare programs.

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Outreach Program Title: Home*A*Syst Program
Website:  http://www.uri.edu/ce/wq/has/html/has.html
Outreach Program Director Name:  Alyson McCann
Phone:   (401) 874-5398  Fax:      (401) 874-4561
E-mail:  alyson@uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: The Rhode Island Home*A*Syst Program provides an action-oriented approach to protect water quality.  The program is a voluntary residential pollution prevention program that trains residents to protect their health and environment.  Home*A*Syst, or Home Assessment System, offers a procedure to assess environmental risks around the home and take actions to correct any identified problems.  The program has a long history of cooperation in conducting educational programs on private well protection, septic system maintenance, wetland buffer landscaping, and other pollution prevention topics with the RI DOH, RI Department of Environmental Management, and a number of other local agencies and organizations.
Outreach Program Impact Statement: We work with federal and state agencies, communities, and organizations to provide the most accurate and tailored information and assistance. This includes customized workshops based on local interest for targeted audiences. Topics can be mixed and matched to your community's needs.

Outreach Program Title:  Hort Alert:  A New Program for IPM in Ornamental Horticulture Website:
Outreach Program Director Name:  Marion Gold
Phone:   (401) 874-5705  Fax:  (4010874-2259
E-mail:  MGOLD@URI.EDU
College:  CELS
Outreach Program Description:

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Outreach Program Title:  Indoor Air Quality
Website:
Outreach Program Director Name:  Marjorie Jensen
Phone:   (401) 874-2983  Fax:      (401) 874-5511
E-mail:  marjorie@uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: Information on allergies and asthma is distributed through local public libraries.
Outreach Program Impact Statement: Parents and children read information on controlling childhood allergies and asthma.

Outreach Program Title:  Integrated Pest Management
Website:
Outreach Program Director Name:  Richard Casagrande
Phone:   (401) 874-2924  Fax:      (401) 874-2924
E-mail:  casa@uri.edu
Outreach Program Description:

Outreach Program Title:  Interactive Educational Websites
Website:
Outreach Program Director Name:  Gail Scowcroft
Phone:   (401) 874-6211  Fax:      (401) 874-6486
E-mail:  gailscow@gso.uri.edu
Outreach Program Description:

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Outreach Program Title:  JASON Project
Website:  http://www.gso.uri.edu/outreach/index.html
Outreach Program Director Name:  Sara Hickox
Phone:   (401) 874-6211  Fax:      (401) 874-6486
E-mail:  SARA@GSO.URI.EDU
Outreach Program Description: The mission of the JASON Foundation for Education is "to excite and engage students in science and technology and motivate and provide professional opportunities for their teachers."

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Outreach Program Title:  Landscape Horticulture Programs
Website: http://131.128.91.217/maynard_susplants/html_spl2000/index.htm 
Outreach Program Director Name:  Richard Casagrande
Phone:   (401) 874-2924  Fax:      (401) 874-2924
E-mail:  casa@uri.edu
Outreach Program Description:

Outreach Program Title:  Lectures and Public Programs
Website:  http://omp.gso.uri.edu/default.html
Outreach Program Director Name:  Sara Hickox
Phone:   (401) 874-6211  Fax:      (401) 874-6486
E-mail:  SARA@GSO.URI.EDU
Outreach Program Description: Each year OMP and other URI organizations host a number of public lectures and special events. Programs include: Friends of Oceanography Fall and Spring Lecture Series; Friends of Oceanography Community Breakfast Lectures.

Outreach Program Title:  Living on the Edge Exhibit and Education Program and Coastal Institute Visitor Center
Website:  http://omp.gso.uri.edu/default.html
Outreach Program Director Name:  Sara Hickox
Phone:   (401) 874-6211  Fax:      (401) 874-6486
E-mail:  SARA@GSO.URI.EDU
Outreach Program Description: Living on the Edge is a 1,500 square-foot interactive science exhibit created by URI's Office of Marine Programs and the Museum of Science, Boston. Housed on URI's Narragansett Bay Campus, the exhibit is FREE and open to the public and groups

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Outreach Program Title:  Marina Net
Website:  http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/index.html
Outreach Program Director Name:  Virginia Lee
Phone:   (401) 874-6224  Fax:      (401) 789-4670
E-mail:  vlee@gso.uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: The purpose is to facilitate the efficient exchange of information and experience - including technical advice, ideas for management, and information on regulations - among academia, the marina industry, regulatory agencies, and other marine-related organizations.
Outreach Program Impact Statement: The program enables decision makers and members of the marina industry to work together to develop and enhance best management practices for cleaner, more economically viable marinas.

Outreach Program Title:  Marine Geomechanics Research Center/Laboratory
Website:  
Outreach Program Director Name:  Armand Silva
Phone:   (401) 874-6191/6194  Fax:      (401) 874-6741
E-mail:  silva@mistral.oce.uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: Sediment stress-strain, strength, geoacoustic properties, and dynamic behavior. Seabed processes: submarine slope stability, creep deformations, erosion. Numerical modeling: seabed processes, microstructure, sediment-structure interaction, geoacoustic behavior

Outreach Program Title:  Master Gardener Program
Website:  http://www.uri.edu/ce/ceec/mastergardener.html
Outreach Program Director Name:  Rosanne Sherry
Phone:   (401) 874-2929  Fax:      (401) 874-2259
E-mail:  mastergardener@uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: The hotline answers over 10,000 calls and 400 direct internet inquiries each year from Rhode Islanders about backyard gardening & food safety. We answer each gardening call by stressing the alternatives available & to consider pesticides as a last resort & not the control of choice
Outreach Program Impact Statement: The Master Gardener program has been in operation for 27 years.  About 450 volunteers throughout that time have completed their minimum volunteer commitment of 50 hours.  This year, 2003, over 290 volunteers contribute over 29,00 hours to our programming. Those same people have a lifetime total of hours equaling over 109, 000 hours.

Outreach Program Title:  Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting
Website:  http://www.gso.uri.edu/outreach/index.html
Outreach Program Director Name:  Jackleen de La Harpe
Phone:   (401) 874-6211  Fax:      (401) 874-6486
E-mail:  jack@gso.uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: The Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting has annual workshops & variety of programs throughout the year designed to provide journalists with opportunities to learn about science & develop relationships with researchers, for the purpose of increasing the clarity & accuracy of science reporting & writing

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Outreach Program Title:  Narragansett Bay Campus Volunteers and Student Mentor Program
Website:  http://www.gso.uri.edu/outreach/index.html
Outreach Program Director Name:  Sara Hickox
Phone:   (401) 874-6211  Fax:      (401) 874-6486
E-mail:  SARA@GSO.URI.EDU
Outreach Program Description: A group of individuals of all ages who support the Graduate School of Oceanography and URI's marine programs by helping with a variety of educational, administrative, and logistical tasks that could not be accomplished without volunteer help

Outreach Program Title:  Narragansett Bay Classroom
Website:  http://www.gso.uri.edu/outreach/index.html
Outreach Program Director Name:  Sara Hickox
Phone:   (401) 874-6277  Fax:      (401) 874-6486
E-mail:  SARA@GSO.URI.EDU
Outreach Program Description: Narragansett Bay Classroom is a vehicle through which URI's Office of Marine Programs offers a variety of marine and environmental short courses, lectures, tours, field trips, interpretative programs, camps, and training opportunities for people of all ages.

Outreach Program Title:  National Ocean Sciences Bowl
Website:  http://www.gso.uri.edu/outreach/index.html
Outreach Program Director Name:  Office of Marine Programs
Phone:   (401) 874-6211  Fax:      (401) 874-6486
E-mail:  omp@gso.uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: The goal is to recognize excellence among students interested in ocean studies and help them become the next generation of oceanographers and marine scientists and leaders who understand our ocean dependencies and our need for ocean knowledge  

Outreach Program Title:  Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials
Website:  http://www.uri.edu/ce/wq/mtp/html/munitrai.html
Outreach Program Director Name:  Lorraine Joubert
Phone:   (401) 874-2138  Fax:      (401) 874-5612
E-mail:  ljoubert@uri.edu
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Outreach Program Title:  Ocean Mapping Development Laboratory
Website:  
Outreach Program Director Name:  Robert Tyce
Phone:   (401) 874-6879  Fax:      (401) 874-6837
E-mail:  tyce@oce.uri.edu
Outreach Program Description: Part of the URI/NSF Ocean Technology Center,& maintains advanced survey capabilities aboard the WHOI ship Atlantis II & the URI OCE ship CT1, as well as portable capabilities for bathymetry side scan sonar imagery surveying along with associated equipment

Outreach Program Title:  On-Site Wastewater Training and Assessment
Website:  
Outreach Program Director Name:  George Loomis
Phone:   (401) 874-4558  Fax: