<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-809f18af-8857-c551-5ce4-5c77585eb078"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts: </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The mission of the Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL) is to provide society with the knowledge to solve its environmental challenges through research, education and economic development. This is the biggest partnership Morgan (since 2004) has that focuses on bettering the community by research and findings based on the community needs. It is located near the Patuxent River in Saint Leonard, Maryland. The laboratory capabilities include Benthic, Pelagic & Nearshore Monitoring, Water Quality Monitoring, Power Plant & Industrial Compliance, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, GIS in Coastal Waters, Quantitative Analysis & Modeling, Natural Resource Economics, and Population and Community Ecology. We need to ensure the lab is being utilized at its fullest potential and if there is needs for improvement, we need to gather funds from sponsors to help the community grow.</span></span>
= Strategic Priorities<br/> =
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