Len Tumbarello, left, a maritime program coordinator at Northwest Oregon Works, holds a check with Matt Morris, program coordinator at Astor Environmental. At Tumbarello’s left is Christopher Jacobsen, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries/Ocean Associates vessel operations coordinator. In the background are deckhands for NOAA operations.

On March 31 at the Clatsop Community College Marine and Environmental Research and Training Station campus, Len Tumbarello, a maritime program coordinator at Northwest Oregon Works presented a $53,000 check to Astor Environmental.

 

The funding will cover travel, lodging and meal incentives for crews hired to conduct salmonoid research on the Columbia River for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. These incentives are designed to ensure NOAA vessels can be properly manned for these annual research operations.

 

Astor Environmental, based in Astoria, provides professional, technical and ecological consulting services to the federal government and private industry, specializing in fisheries and ocean science and education. For information, go to astorenv.com.