Contacts for encouraging C-MAN funding

[Coral Health and Monitoring Program]

This message forwarded (and only slightly edited) from Sandy Vargo of the 
Florida Institute of Oceanography:  

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    Reviewing our previous e-mail message we noted that is was not clear 
what course of action we were suggesting for those interested in 
preserving the enhanced C-MAN stations of the SEAKEYS network. 

        The most helpful action would be to contact U.S. representatives 
and senators and Stan Wilson at NOAA.  John Ogden has contacted Dr. Wilson 
directly and we have also informed the following congressional folks:  

Senator Bob Graham 
524 Hart Senate Office Building 
Washington, DC  20510 
202/224-3041 

Senator Connie Mack 
517 Hart Senate Office Building 
Washington, DC 20510 
202/224-5274  Fax. 224-8022 

Rep. Peter Deutsch 
425 Cannon House Office Building 
Washington, DC 20515 
202/225-7931 

Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart 
509 Cannon House Office Building 
Washington, DC  20515 
202/225-4211  Fax. 225-8576 

Rep. Porter Goss 
330 Cannon House Office Building 
Washington, DC  20515 
202/225-2536  Fax. 225-6820 

Rep. Carrie Meek 
404 Cannon House Office Building 
Washington, DC 20515 
202/225-4506  Fax. 236-0777 

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 
127 Cannon House Office Building 
Washington, DC  20515 
202/225-3933  Fax. 225-5620 

Dr. Stanley Wilson 
Assistant Administrator 
NOAA National Ocean Service 
1305 East-West Highway 
Route Code N 
Silver Spring, MD  20910 
301/713-3074  Fax. 713-4269 

Rep. C.W. Bill Young 
2407 Rayburn House Office Building 
Washington, DC  20515 
202/225-5961 


We have requested $60,000 from NOAA to tide the system over for a few 
months with minimal operations until additional funding can be identified.  
The annual operating costs are about $250,000 including $51,000 to the 
National Data Buoy Center for maintenance and operation of the C-MAN 
portion of two of the six stations in the network.  The NDBC maintains the 
meteorological but not the oceanographic sensors on the stations.  The 
oceanographic sensors are maintained entirely by the two persons employed 
by the SEAKEYS program.  We would appreciate it if those with an interest 
in continuance of the data flow from the SEAKEYS network would emphasize 
these points in their letters.  If you see a need for further information 
or anything is unclear just drop me a line.  


Sandy Vargo 
svargo at marine.usf.edu