Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary is one of 15 national marine sanctuaries and two marine national monuments protected by NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.

Gather a repository of eyewitness reports and photos of pollutio

Monitor land loss on the Mississippi River Delta.

Will Ricks is a Certified Wildlife Biologist and a Senior EHS Consultant at Duke Energy, where he specializes in endangered species policy and pollinator conservation, leading their Monarch CCAA program. With an M.S. in Forest Resources from the University of Georgia and a B.S. from North Carolina State University, his career includes extensive experience in game management for the Georgia and Louisiana Departments of Natural Resources, as well as serving as a Wildlife Manager for Whispering Pines Wildlife Preserve since 2007.

Interesting ways that aquaculture, or farming aquatic plants and animals, might be used as a tool to improve habitat quality or enhance target species population.