National Estuarine Research Reserve Association Rebecca Roth - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

National Estuarine Research Reserve Association Rebecca Roth – Executive Director

NERRA – National Friends Group for NERRS

• Overview of current

budget situation

• Why support from

friends groups is needed

• What can be done
• Locally
• Regionally
• Nationally

OVERVIEW OF NERRS BUDGET & NERRA FY 2013 FUNDING REQUESTS

PROGRAM FY ’13 NERRA RA FUNDING REQUES

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FY ’12 Omnibus FY ’13 PRES.’S BUDGET SENATE

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FY 13 BILL HOUSE FY 13 3 BILL

NERRS OPERATIONS $22.3 $22.28 $18 $22.28 $17.08 NERRS PAC (CONSTRUCTION

& ACQUISITION)

$1.7 $1.69 $0 $1.7 $0

FEDERAL BUDGET REVIEW

• Your NERR is currently operating on funding from NOAA FY11

Budget

• Congress passed Omnibus Bill for FY12: all reserves getting

same $ amount in FY12 as received in FY11

• President’s FY13 Budget released in Feb 2012: specifies cuts

to come from Reserve Operations and Graduate Research Fellow Program

Time Line

Pres Budget FY13 Congress Hearings & House/Senate Marks Conf Comm

Feb 2012 Mar-May/June Sept

By Oct 1, 2012 the FY13 Budget is either Passed or Cont’d by resolution

Supporting the NERRS

• Reaching Out: Cooperate/Politicos
• Economic Information AK Specific
• 2009 ex-vessel value of KB mariculture is
• approx. $500,000 industry: uses KBRR

SWMP/water temperature data

• AK’s commercial seafood industry in

Southcentral AK $177M

• AK’s commercial fisheries are the most

productive and valuable in the nation: wholesale value over $3B

• AK’s combined economic impact of

commercial and sport fishing is $7.4B and almost 90,000 jobs

• www.nerra.org
• By Friends For Friends

NERRA website Blog

• Monthly NERRA

webinars 3rd Tuesday of month @ 2pm EST – all welcome!

• Economic info support
• Email or call NERRA

RESOURCES

Rebecca Roth roth@nerra.org 202.236.4819 Cindy Kennie, Director of Special Projects kennie@nerra.org

Questions?