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Apply now to participate in the 2025 Lionfish Invitational!
The Lionfish Invitational is a research-based citizen science expedition to remove invasive lionfish from Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and its surroundings. This effort has grown by leaps and bounds since the first trip in 2015, and is now managed by the non-profit Lionfish Invitational, Inc. with support from Texas Parks and Wildlife and the sanctuary. All trip activities within the sanctuary are conducted under federal permits.
There are four trips planned this year:
June 22-26
July 20-24
August 18-22
September 21-25
In addition to lionfish removals, these trips will also support three other research projects in the sanctuary.
- Texas Parks & Wildlife scientific monitoring: Participants will conduct roving fish surveys, lionfish removals, benthic surveys, water sampling, and fin and tissue sampling from lionfish.
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Habitat and Connectivity of Lionfish and Natural Predators project (Marissa Nuttall, TAMUG/FGBNMS): Under a federal permit, trip participants will help capture fish to be surgically tagged and released for this acoustic tracking project.
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Regal Damselfish Impacts on Native Damselfish study (Dr. John Majoris, TAMUCC): Participants will be assessing the distribution of regal damselfish, collecting live fish, and spearing others under a federal permit.
Applications are due by midnight on March 1, 2025.
SOURCE: Lionfish Invitational, Inc.
After years of devastating impacts to the marine environment in the Florida Keys, the long-awaited Restoration Blueprint for Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is final, following today's publication of the final rule and record of decision. The documents outline NOAA's regulatory changes, marking a critical milestone in the long-term efforts to restore the sanctuary's delicate ecosystem.
SOURCE: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
January 30, 2025
6-7 p.m. ET
Join the Climate Careers Virtual Expo hosted by the Youth Climate Institute. Join fellow students and alumni for this virtual, interactive event featuring speakers from a wide variety of careers within the climate workforce. We will facilitate engaging Q & A sessions between participants and speakers in interactive breakout rooms. Learn how the speakers got where they are and how they tackle the climate crisis in places such as: The MD Department of Natural Resources, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, The Crow’s Nest Art Incubator, Minorities in Aquaculture, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and more.
Need even more incentive? They will be raffling off exciting prizes for those who attend!
Not sure what careers best suit you? Take the Climate Warriors Quiz to find out which careers might be a good fit.
SOURCE: NOAA Planet Stewards
Ecology Project International (EPI)
These programs take place in the field and focus on inquiry-based learning techniques and research. The programs are open to formal and informal educators; no application process is required.
Baja: February 13-17, 2025
Belize: June 16-23, 2025
Costa Rica: July 7-13, 2025 or July 26 - August 1, 2025
Galapagos: July 18-27, 2025
Yellowstone: July 26 - August 2, 2025
Find additional information about prices and sample itineraries: https://www.ecologyproject.org/professional-development
Now through the end of January, teachers who enroll with a colleague will receive $300 off course tuition and so will their colleague.
SOURCE: Scuttlebutt
Now is a great time to start thinking about engaging your students and your school community to implement a stewardship project in the spring.
Dale Glass (now retired), as Science Coordinator of the National Presbyterian School, in Washington, DC, added a science service learning project to a standard inquiry-based environmental science curriculum and helped fifth grade students learn climate science as they made connections between a real-world problem and their classroom learning. Students brainstormed, researched, and developed a project to address idling in the carpool lane at their school. They collected and analyzed data, and used it to build a compelling anti-idling campaign for the school community.
Get inspired to take action! Check out some of the projects carried out by NOAA Planet Stewards Educators and Students on our What Success Looks Like Web page. Then, learn how you can apply for up to $5000 to carry out a stewardship project in your own school on our Supporting Stewardship Web page.
SOURCE: NOAA Planet Stewards
The Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) is a congressionally-mandated, quadrennial report which brings together hundreds of experts from federal, state and local governments, as well as academic, non-profit and private sectors. The report is a roadmap to a better future through science-based information, data, and real world examples of ways to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and develop resilience strategies.
Over the last year the U.S. Global Change Research Program has hosted a series of webinars dedicated to the Fifth National Climate Assessment. Each webinar presents the focus and highlights of each chapter of the report from chapter authors.
View all the webinar recordings on the NCA5's YouTube Page
SOURCE: NOAA Planet Stewards
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