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The Walter B. Jones Memorial and NOAA Excellence Awards in Coastal and Ocean Resource Management

Winners of 2008

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 Walter B. Jones and NOAA Awards for Excellence in Coastal and Ocean Management. These awards celebrate and recognize coastal stewards, graduate students, state and local governments, non-governmental organizations, excellence in diversity, business leadership, coastal, estuarine, and marine management.

The winners are of the 2008 Walter B. Jones and NOAA Awards for Excellence in Coastal and Ocean Management are:

WALTER B. JONES MEMORIAL AWARDS

Coastal Steward of the Year

Lynne Z. Hale
The Nature Conservancy

Excellence in Local Government

Nueces County, TX

Carteret County, NC
Shore Protection Office

Excellence in Coastal and Marine Graduate Study

Jill Hendon
University of Mississippi

Catherine McNally
University of Rhode Island

Anirudh Ullal
North Carolina State University

Heather Ward
East Carolina University

NOAA EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Susan Snow-Cotter Award for Excellence in Ocean and Coastal Resource Management

Kathleen Leyden
Maine State Planning Office

Brian Baird
California Resources Agency

Excellence in Business Leadership

J&B Aquafood, NC

Nongovernmental Organization of the Year

Island Institute, ME

A ceremony to honor the award winners took place on February 27, 2008, at 5p.m. in the Rayburn Gold Room (room 2168). Please contact Patmarie Nedelka at 301-563-1127 or patmarie.nedelka@noaa.gov for additional information.

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