Video by Mary Estacion | Marine Corps Installations Command | 03.16.2021
In 1986, after the red-cockaded woodpecker was listed on the federal endangered species list, the U.S. military and the Marine Corps partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to develop a program that would protect the red-cockaded woodpecker. Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune boasts 90,000 acres of forest land with 36,000 acres actively managed to support the woodpecker......
Courtesy Video | Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command | 05.21.2019
190521-N-N0701-0001 NORFOLK (May 21, 2019) Marine biologists from U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic, along with Seabees from Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 2, discuss how a specialized sonar camera – an Adaptive Resolution Imaging Sonar (ARIS) – is used in shallow-water environments to observe the behavior of fishes exposed to underwater......
Courtesy Video | Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command | 02.02.2016
160202-N-N0701-0001 NORFOLK (Feb. 2, 2016) A U.S. Fleet Forces Command-sponsored video production demonstrates the need for and importance of sonar training, as well as highlighting a fish behavioral study that is designed to help the Navy better understand and mitigate the potential effects of sonar on herring and other important fish species. The “Stewards of the Sea: Defending Freedom,......
Courtesy Video | Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command | 01.05.2016
160105-N-N0701-0001 NORFOLK (Jan. 5, 2016) A U.S. Fleet Forces Command-sponsored video production demonstrates how sea turtle monitoring helps the U.S. Navy maintain environmental compliance for military readiness activities, and highlights research designed to help the Navy better understand and mitigate the potential effects of nearshore training exercises on sea turtles. The “Stewards of......
Courtesy Video | Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command | 10.14.2015
151014-N-N0701-0001 NORFOLK (Oct. 14, 2015) A U.S. Fleet Forces Command-sponsored video production highlights U.S. Navy-funded research of North Atlantic right whales by tagging and tracking the species to better understand their behavior and range. This research allows the Navy to better plan training and testing activities at-sea while also mitigating impact on this critically endangered......
Courtesy Video | Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command | 09.09.2015
150909-N-N0701-0001 NORFOLK (Sept. 9, 2015) U.S. Fleet Forces Command-sponsored video production that highlights U.S. Navy marine mammal observers who study the impacts of naval training and testing exercises on marine life. The “Stewards of the Sea: Defending Freedom, Protecting the Environment” outreach program is designed to showcase the Navy’s efforts to monitor and mitigate the......
Courtesy Video | Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command | 01.09.2015
150109-N-N0701-0001 NORFOLK (Jan. 9, 2015) A U.S. Fleet Forces Command-sponsored video production highlights the creation of an oyster reef habitat – 880 concrete reef ball structures placed in the Long Shoal Oyster Sanctuary in Pamlico Sound, N.C. Within a few months, young oysters (called spat) began to colonize the new reef, expanding the oyster sanctuary system. The “Stewards of the......
Courtesy Video | Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command | 11.20.2014
141120-N-N0701-0001 NORFOLK (Nov. 20, 2014) A U.S. Fleet Forces Command-sponsored video production showcases how U.S. Navy-funded research is used to gain a better understanding of the Atlantic sturgeon, which is an endangered species found in freshwater rivers, estuaries, and oceans. This research, through the use of tagging and tracking methods, is used to gain a better understanding of......
