ABOUT PCRP
Based in the Northern Mariana Islands, we are a small non-profit devoted to better understanding and improving coastal environments in the Pacific Region.
Our work draws on a wide-range of expertise and capacities, including environmental planning, marine debris removal, geospatial analysis & mapping, watershed restoration, and coastal hazard adaptation. Whether we’re wrangling a stray wave buoy or cultivating a food forest, we bring a collaborative, creative approach to our work. We like to have some fun while we’re at it!
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CURRENT PROJECTS
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Advancing Nature-Based Solutions from Conceptual design to permit-ready on Saipan’s beach road shoreline and pathway
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Implementing Watershed restoration projects in Laolao bay and Achugao, Saipan (NOAA RESTORATION CENTER)
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Building community resilience through agroforestry and invasive species control in the Northern Mariana Islands (U.S. Forest Service). Check out our Forestry page!
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PacIOOS Liaison to the CNMI (University of Hawai’i)
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Survey and Removal of abandoned vessels in Palau, FSM, and the Mariana Islands (NOAA Marine Debris Program)
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Geospatial analysis and land use mapping for the Guåhan 2050 Sustainability Plan (Lynker; Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans)
PRIOR HIGHLIGHTS
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Community Use and Perceptions of Coral Reef Environments: Socioeconomic survey implementation support for NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (2024)
Tsunami Inundation and Evacuation Mapping for the Islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Rota (2022 - 2023)
Delineation and Mapping of Tinian North Field National Historic Landmark (2022 - 2023)
Assessing the Geography of Boat-Based Fishing Effort in the Marianas EEZ (2022-2023)
Re-Districting Plan for the CNMI and Technical Assistance to the 22nd Commonwealth Legislature (2021 - 2022)
Shoreline Stabilization and Enhancement Plan for the Beach Road Pathway, Saipan, CNMI (2020 - 2022)
Community Development Block Grant - Hazard Mitigation Plan for CNMI (2021 - 2022)
Mapping forest stewardship priority areas for the Northern Mariana Islands (2022)
Removal of the Derelict Fishing Vessel F/V Lady Carolina from the Reef of the Saipan Lagoon (2016 - 2022)
Update of the CNMI 10-Year Forest Action Plan (2020-2021)
Outreach and Capacity Building for Terrestrial Conservation and Forest Management in CNMI (2021)
CNMI Recreational Mooring Buoy Program Enhancement and Maintenance (2017 - 2019)
Revision and Update of Marine Protected Area Monitoring & Evaluation Tool (2017)
Natural Resource Condition Assessment for American Memorial Park (2016 - 2017)
Mapping Coral Reef Fisheries in Guam and the CNMI (2016 - 2017)