All Northern Gulf of Mexico Sentinel Site Cooperative staff have degrees and past experience working in the field of environmental science in some way or other. Our staff have varying specialties - wetlands, education, communication, etc. All staff have undergone multiple additional trainings as are relevant to their position and the Cooperative's needs, including NOAA's Planning and Facilitating Collaborative Meetings training. As a grant-funded organization, projects are necessary for us to continue our work and we are regularly working on multiple and have others in the works.