- Lauri MacLaughlin
- Resource Manage
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA
A Sanctuary resource manager involved in research and monitoring of coral reef resources including coordination and co-principal investigation on Coral Disease & Bleaching Response cruises, Coral Spawning cruises and regional Flower Gardens Banks National Marine Sanctuary Coral Disease and Benthic Characterization cruises. U.S. Coral Reef Task Force participation including Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative Local Area Strategy planning (SEFCRI), Coral Reef Conservation Program sponsored "Responding to Climate Change Workshops for MPA Managers" (trainer and coordinator), and member of the Climate Change Working Group. Other duties include regulatory environmental permit reviews, site surveys, inspections, inter-agency coordination, permit conditioning, and specializing in coral rescue and relocation training programs and coral nursery partnership development. Twenty-one years of work diving experience including videography, photography and over 1900 logged dives.
Ms. MacLaughlin is serving as an ACRREs Aquanaut, reef restoration expert, and FKNMS collaborator/liason.
