Facilities, Security, etc. It's always an annual treat for everyone.

Greetings from Milford, Connecticut! NOAA Fisheries Aquaculture and Enhancement Division scientists Lisa Milke and James Widman are joined by Kirk Shadle and his students from the Bridgeport Regional Vocational Aquaculture School onboard the vessel Catherine Moore during a cruise to deply an experiment that will analyze overwinter mortality of bay scallops.

Connecticut, Milford

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Personnel and family members from the National Weather Service Office in Grand Junction, Colorado participate in their annual Adopt a Lake clean up program, a service they have participated in since 1992. They clean two lakes at nearly 10,500 feet. L-R: Doug Crowley, Lisa Pringle, Jim Pringle, Matt Figgs, Melissa and Troy Lindquist: front, Weston, Nolan, Zoe, Madison and McKibben Lindquist.

Colorado, Grand Mesa, near Grand Junction 2007 Summer

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200thGreetings from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center! The CPC can be traced to 1979 as a growing awareness of climate events and their societal influence (such as El Ni¤o; the severe winter blocking pattern of 1976; and ozone depletion) peaked the interest of the nation.

Maryland, Camp Springs

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Close to 100 NOAA's Oceans and Human Health Initiative investigators gathered at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory field station for their annual meeting. This field station is a renovated 1905 Coast Guard station and the oldest building NOAA operates. Attendees represented the three NOAA OHH Centers and distinguished scholars, external grantees,and advisory panel members

The NOAA Fisheries Laboratory in Panama City, Florida held an open house to commemorate NOAA's 200th Celebration. Personnel from three laboratories of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center participated. Teams