47th U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Federal Staff Meeting
Monday, October 23rd, 2023
2:00 - 5:00 PM
2:00 – 2:15
Welcome
2:15 – 2:30
Review of AIC Report Out
2:30 – 2:45
Review of agendas
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Week-at-a-glance
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Steering Committee Meeting
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Business Meeting
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Executive Session
2:45 – 3:15
CRCA Reauthorization
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National Resilience Strategy Outline and Updates
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Coral Reef Action Plan Review Process (Dana Wusinich-Mendez)
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Reef units (Brian Beck)
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CRCA-R funding changes (Victoria Barker)
3:15 – 3:30
Updates from Federal Members
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Federal grant coordination discussion
1. General awareness that NOAA and DOI are interested in greater
coordination among USCRTF agencies;
2. Sharing of opportunities (high-level, 1-2 pages with description
summaries);
3. ID federal grant program POC(s) for future discussion
3:30 – 3:45
BREAK
3:45 – 4:00
NCRMP Visualization Tool – Erica Towle
4:00 – 4:30
Working Group Updates and Next Steps
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Watershed Partnership Initiative – Rob Ferguson
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Coral Reef Restoration Working Group – Brian Beck
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Climate Change Working Group – Liane Guild/Lexie Sturm
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Fisheries and Ecosystem Working Group - Gerry Davis
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Coral Disease Working Group - Caroline McLaughlin & Dana
Wusinich-Mendez
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Enforcement Working Group - Mike Lameier
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Communications Working Group - Caroline Donovan
4:30 – 4:50
Highlight issues of note for consideration by the full Steering Committee
4:50 – 5:00
Wrap-up