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Prevention Outreach Division
This Division is a
merger of the America's Waterway
Watch Division and the Environmental Protection Division
(now the Aquatic Nuisance Species Branch), along with
the Materials Branch, Sea Partners Liaison, and Special
Projects.
The Aquatic Nuisance Species Branch has been restructured to allow greater
flexibility to ride the latest waves of change in the Coast Guard and the
Auxiliary. The largest piece of its portfolio is education. With programs
like Sea Partners, Good Mate, Clean Marina’s and Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS)
mitigation and hundreds of dedicated public educators, these programs have
the potential to prevent pollution incidents from happening.
 America's Waterway
Watch is a Public Outreach and Awareness
program of the
Coast Guard, enlisting Auxiliary support in the traditional areas of
Vessel Safety Checks, Public Education, Visitation and Public
Affairs. The AWW function of "M" manages and coordinates the Auxiliary's
activity in America's Waterway Watch which is focused
specifically on the Recreational Boating Community, and on assisting
the Coast Guard in outreach to others in the maritime community.
The
Auxiliary's America's Waterway Watch program is managed by the "M"
Department, and coordinated at the District level by members holding
the position of District Staff Officers-Marine Safety (DSO-MS). Much
of the building of public awareness, however, has been assigned to
Auxiliarists conducting VSCs, visiting marine dealers and conducting
safe boating courses for members of the recreational boating
community.
Members
of the Auxiliary, in addition to increased activity in augmenting in
support billets and picking up more safety and security patrols on
water, air and land, have directed their resources to areas related
to Recreational Boating Safety (RBS). These traditional Auxiliary
services include courtesy Vessel Safety Checks (VSC), Safe Boating
Courses for the recreational boating community, and visiting marine
dealers and other waterfront business to gain their cooperation in
promoting safe and secure boating practices, and environmental
protection. And as the Coast Guard team members most directly
involved in public contact activity, these Auxiliarists are in the
best position to promote, organize and monitor activities related to
America's Waterway Watch.
The
Auxiliary's AWW efforts are coordinated with the Coast Guard's
management of the America's Waterway Watch program at the national
level, though local Auxiliarists are encouraged to coordinate their
activities with Coast Guard Reservists responsible for promoting AWW
with commercial interests.
The Coast
Guard maintains the primary AWW web site at
http://homeport.uscg.mil/mycg/portal/ep/channelView.do?channelId=-18383
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Hyperlinks to Page Content
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America's Waterway Watch
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Other AWW Type Programs at the State and Local Levels
NEWS ARTICLE:
Coast Guard asks boaters to help thwart
terrorism |
New AWW Materials Order Form
Auxiliary Leaders Foil Illegal
Immigrants -- America's Waterway Watch at Work. (Posted 4 May
2006)
WATERWAY
WATCH UPDATE
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Aquatic Nuisance Species, Sea Partners, Materials
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Pollution Incident
Response (PIR) Course
Good Mate
Manual & PowerPoint
Court Decision.
Ballast Water Prohibition
Study
Guide - MSAM/MEES
National Ocean
Policy Report Released
"NO DISCHARGE ZONE" SIGN
100th Meridian Initiative |
Aquatic Nuisance Species Information
"Clean Boating Course"
Lesson Plan
Training Guide - ANS
Waterway Watch & Sea
Partners Training
"ZAP
the ZEBRA" Brochure
Sea Partners Training
Presentations |
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Pollution Response
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Documents and Bulletins |
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New
AWW Material Order Form.
Order
Form (Revised 08/2006), to obtain AWW promotional material from ANSC. |
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Other AWW
Type Programs at the State and Local Levels. In addition to local
Coast Guard and Auxiliary programs that are a part of the National
America's Waterway Watch program, several similar projects (with no
formal connection to AWW) have been established in local jurisdictions:
One of these programs, CGD13's "Citizen
Action Network" (AKA Northwest Watch), calls for a formal commitment by
citizens living on the waterways. Citizen’s Action Network members to help
investigate cases such as rescue missions and pollution incidents, which
puts volunteers right in the heart of the action. More information about
this program can be found at
http://www.uscg.mil/d13/can/default.htm
Another is the Maritime Security
Initiative established by the New Jersey State Police. It is basically a
community watch program for boaters, waterfront facilities, businesses that
cater to those who work and recreate on the water. The program started after
September 11th as a way to gain information on possible terrorist
activities, but has since expanded into any criminal or suspicious activity.
More information about this program can be found at the
Maritime Security Initiative
(MSI) web site.
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Auxiliary Leaders Foil Illegal
Immigrants
By Pat Feighery, Auxiliary Public Affairs
America’s Waterway Watch worked as it was designed to on a recent Sunday
in coastal Florida!
While returning from a Division meeting in Marathon Florida on Sunday
April 23, 2006, Gene Kahn, Seventh District Rear Commodore East, Jeff
Bronsing, Flotilla Commander of Flotilla 13-8 and Donald Zinner Seventh
District Auxiliary Flight Safety Officer observed eight people jump from
a go-fast boat off the shore of Long Key State Park.
The eight individuals scurried to shore and were in the process of
climbing through a fence that surrounds the state park.
A startled Zinner asked his companions “Did you see what I just saw?”
Both exclaimed “Yes!”
The car carrying the Auxiliarists was immediately turned around and
Coast Guard Station Marathon Florida was notified that the red go-fast
was southbound under the Long Key Bridge. The Auxiliarists also called
the Monroe County Florida Sheriff’s Department, who happened to have a
deputy in the immediate area.
Kahn, Bronsing and Zinner, from a safe distance, maintained surveillance
of what turned out to be eight illegal immigrants until authorities took
the individuals into custody. It was all over in less then 7 minutes.
Coast Guard Station Marathon advised that the red go fast was
intercepted and its occupants were detained.
Kahn, in describing the event, stated, “ It all happened so fast, it was
case of being in the right place at the right time. These events prove
the meaning of Semper Paratus (Always Ready) and the need for the
Waterway Watch Message to be spread throughout the boating community”.
(Posted 4 May 2006)
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NEWS ARTICLE:
Coast
Guard asks boaters to help thwart terrorism.
The U.S.
Coast Guard is requesting the assistance of America's 70 million
boaters and others who work, play and live around water to be a
neighborhood watch around America's waterways.
”Let's face it; with over 95,000
miles of shoreline, 300,000 square miles of waterways, 6,000
bridges, 360 ports of call, and thousands of marinas, the United
States Coast Guard simply cannot be everywhere at once,” the Coast
Guard said in a press release announcing the program, dubbed
America's Waterway Watch. (Posted 4/5/2006)
(Full
Story)
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WATERWAY
WATCH UPDATE
AWW Materials
1). We have reordered the national
programs materials (red/white/ and blue). Reprints of the brochures and
wallet cards are now in stock at the Auxiliary National Supply Center.
Contact Randy Ernst, Warehouse Manager to order what you need. He is in the
global listing. The decals are also on order and should be shipped to the
warehouse by the end of April. We have also redesigned the AWW Poster to a
smaller size (16 x 20) and want to print it on durable plastic paper for
outside use. The printing vendor is working on funding the correct type of
plastic paper. With any luck the new poster should be in stock at the
warehouse by the end of May (see attached). In addition, the Spanish
version of the brochure has been completed. I am obtaining estimates for
printing. I do not have a timeframe when these brochures will be printed
and shipped to the warehouse.
2). The DVD movies of the AWW Program and
Train-the-Trainer (TTT) are also in stock at the warehouse. The program DVD
is 6 minutes with an introduction by the Commandant. The TTT DVD is about
18 minutes with intro by the Commandant as well. We have these in DVD and
VHS format. The program video can be used at boat shows, boating safety
classes and other large gatherings of persons with interest in AWW. The TTT
should be used when you train other folks (reservists or auxiliarists) who
are interested in doing what you do for our outreach effort. We have a
Spanish version of the program video, which should be in stock at the
warehouse shortly.
3). We have a new AWW Table Top Display (TTD),
which is wonderful. (see attached). We have ordered some more, which
should be in the warehouse by the end of May.
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AWW Order Form
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The
Good Mate Manual can be downloaded and viewed
here. A Course Overview of the Good
Mate Manual is also available here as a
Powerpoint presentation.
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Aquatic
Nuisance Species Information.
A listing of "ANS" Web Sites
and Outreach Material Available through ANSC
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Court Decision.
Ballast Water Prohibition. Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals. Affirming right to prohibit ballast water
discharge
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"Clean Boating Course" Lesson
Plan. This Clean
Boating Lesson Plan is a product of the Maryland Clean Marina
Initiative. The Initiative promotes and celebrates voluntary adoption of
measures to reduce pollution from marinas and recreational boating.
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Marine Environmental Education Specialist Study Guide
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Training Guide -
U.S. Coast Guard’s Aquatic Nuisance
Species and Ballast Water Program
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National Ocean
Policy Report Released - The US Commission on Ocean Policy
released the pre-publication copy of its final report on 20 Sep
2004. This report is the most comprehensive review of our
nation’s marine policy framework since the release of the
Stratton Commission report 35 years ago and addresses many issues
involving the Coast Guard's environmental protection missions.
Chapters 16 through 19 are of particular significance to the USCG.
The Administration has 90 days to respond to Congress on the recommendations
in this report. The pre-publication copy
is available online.
[Source: DVC-ME]
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Waterway
Watch and Sea Partners were the subjects of a train-the-trainers
meeting in New Orleans in July, at which some 90 USCG, Auxiliary and
Civilian members of Coast Guard Forces were given a “train-the-trainer”
education on the two programs. This article describes the meetings
and what was covered. [Posted 16 Sept 04]
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"NO DISCHARGE
ZONE" SIGN |
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"ZAP the
ZEBRA" Brochure -- ANS |
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The 100th
Meridian Initiative: A Strategic Approach to Prevent the
Westward Spread of Zebra Mussels and Other Aquatic Nuisance Species
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Sea Partner Training
Presentations. In addition to the
Good Mate Manual and
Overview,
the following instructional aids are available for Sea Partner
Training:
Sea
Partner Introduction - Powerpoint Presentation
Sea Partner
Cleanup Lesson Plan Outline
Sea Partner
Presentation Guide |
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