Projects

RPI’s focus is the unique and unparalleled potential of uniting natural resource expertise with spatial and information processing capabilities.

Drinking Water Unusually Sensitive Areas (USAs) , Nationwide , U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Gulf of Mexico All-Hazards Risk/Threat Assessment , September 2015 , 73 coastal counties and parishes in the Gulf of Mexico , Disaster Response Center, NOAA
BOEM Worldwide Synthesis Alternative Energy , Worldwide
Superstorm Sandy Debris Mapping and Modeling , July 2014 , New Jersey, New York, Connecticut , Marine Debris Program, NOAA
Extent of Subsurface Lingering Oil from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill , February 2016 , Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska , Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
Nonfloating Oil Containment and Recovery , 2016-2017 , USA , American Petroleum Institute
National Park Service Contingency Planning , 21 National Park Service parks, monuments, historic sites, and recreation areas nationwide , Spill Response Program, NPS
Identification and Quantification of Hazardous Materials and Other Man-made Debris after Hurricane Laura , 2021 , Southwest Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex , US Fish and Wildlife Service
Floodplain and Instream Habitat Analysis in Support of Minimum Flows and Levels for the St. Marks River Rise, Wakulla, and Sally Ward Springs System , Florida , NW Florida Water Management District
Deepwater Horizon Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) , Gulf of Mexico , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Job Aids for Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems for Spill and Hurricane Response , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Response and Restoration, Emergency Response Division
Seagrass Restoration Following Damage during Hurricane Responses , St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Automated Post-Disaster Vessel and Debris Mapping Models , St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Texas City Y Oil Spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) , Texas , U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Agency Consultations for Coastal Debris Removal Following Hurricanes Florence, Michael, and Typhoon Yutu , Florida, North Carolina, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) in the South Pacific , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Response and Restoration, Marine Debris Program
Biological Assessment for the Preauthorized Use of Dispersant & In-Situ Burn Operations , USA , USCG, USEPA
NOAA Marine Debris Program’s Abandoned and Derelict Vessel InfoHub Project
Guidelines for Ephemeral Data Collection in the Arctic
Development of a Climate Change Vulnerability Tool for the National Natural Park “Corales del Rosario y San Bernardo”, Colombia
Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Mapping
NOAA Spill Response Support , 1978 - present , USA (nation-wide) , NOAA
Applied Oil Spill Research and Monitoring
Oil Spill Training Courses
DTox: a Worldwide Quantitative Database of the Toxicity of Dispersants and Chemically Dispersed Oil , January 2013 - January 2014 , Coastal Response Research Center
Deepwater Horizon / MC252 Response , 2010 , USA , NOAA
Kalamazoo River Oil Spill - Net Environmental Benefit Analysis , Michigan, USA
Chemical Aquatic Fate and Effects (CAFE): a database for rapid response to chemical spills in aquatic environments , NOAA Emergency Response Division
Jeddah Coastal Pollution Assessment , Jeddah
Analysis of Contaminated Sediments in Garden Island Bay , GardenIsland Bay, Louisiana , NOAA
Post Storm Marine Debris Surveys Data Management and Modeling , Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama , NOAA
Abu Dhabi Habitat Mapping Change Analysis , United Arab Emirates , Pandion Technologies, Ltd
Software Tools for Habitat Equivalency Analysis
Assessment of Marsh Recovery after the Chalk Point Oil Spill , 2000 , Patuxent River
Caribbean and Pacific Island Abandoned Vessel Surveys , 2002-2003 , Caribbean and Pacific , NOAA
Pago Pago Coral Reef Grounding Impact Assessment
Coastal Resources Atlas and Vulnerability Index for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi
Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) Unusually Sensitive Areas (USAs) , Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) of the DOT Office of Pipeline Safety
Tidal Inlet Protection (TIPS) Strategies
Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Support for Natural Resource Trustees (list includes word for FWS, NPS, States)
Route Selection and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Electrical Transmission Corridor
West Africa Gas Pipeline (WAGP)
Environmental Assessment Keta Sea Defense Works Project (KSDW)
Coastal Geomorphology and Engineering Support for Development of the Kuwait City Waterfront Master plan , Kuwait City , Municipality of Kuwait
Draft Regulations for the Prevention of Coastal Erosion in Oman , Oman
Al Gharbia Master Plan Physical Setting Characterization , Al Gahrbi , Urban Planning Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi
BOEM Environmental Support , Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, BOEM
Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) , Louisiana , U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District
BOEM Oil Spill Literature Syntheses , Worldwide , Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, BOEM
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Coastal Management
Minimum Flows and Levels Support to the Suwannee River Water Management District , Florida Gulf Coast , Suwannee River Water Management District
Haiti WINNER (Watershed Initiative for National Natural Environmental Resources) , Haiti
2012 Risk Assessment for Potentially Polluting Wrecks in US Waters
Water Resources and Floodplain Management
Remediation and Restoration of Gulf Coast of Saudi Arabia
Artificial Reef Site Selection Study: Arabian Gulf
Oiled Shoreline Survey – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , 2002-2003 , Saudi Arabia