Strategic Sciences News

Dr. Craig Colten at The Water Institute of the Gulf conducted workshops resulting in a report on scenario-building as a tool for decision making. Results were used to engage stakeholders with Louisiana's Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Co

While much of DOI science during crisis is necessarily tactical, recent events have highlighted the additional need for a strategic approach during crisis.

The Sound Waves newsletter delves in to the new report released by the Department of the Interior Strategic Sciences Group and discusses how the Department is helping to improve resilience to future major storms.

Formally established in January 2012, the SSG is a small, adaptable group of scientists charged with visiting live disaster sites like Hurricane Sandy or the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and providing decision-makers with information that

Operational Group Sandy participant discusses her involvement in the SSG deployment following hurricane Sandy.

In advance of next week's one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today joined Interior and local officials at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey to announce that $162 million...

Disasters are inevitable and can strike anywhere at any time. Whether it's a natural event (such as a hurricane, flood, or earthquake), a disease pandemic

If your town were suddenly struck by an earthquake or hurricane, you could count on the arrival of police, firefighters, and medical technicians to aid in the emergency response.

The Department of the Interior has recently created a new Strategic Sciences Group that will develop possible disaster scenarios and provide rapid scientific assessments during environmental crises or disasters affecting America's natural resources.

A newly created scientific group within the Department of the Interior will develop future disaster scenarios and provide rapid scientific assessments during environmental crises or disasters