Contact Information
Address:
904 South Morris Street
Oxford, MD 21654-1323
United StatesPhone:
410-226-5193
Website:
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday 8am-4:30pm
Cooperative Oxford Laboratory (COL)
As one of NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), the Cooperative Oxford Laboratory (COL) research mission is to combine the unique scientific, response, and management capabilities of NOAA, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and U.S. Coast Guard to identify and evaluate actions and policies that will protect, restore, and secure the health of the Chesapeake Bay and other threatened coastal marine ecosystems.
The laboratory is located on the Tred Avon River, a tributary of Chesapeake Bay, which is the largest estuary in the United States. The site is on 11.5 acres in the Town of Oxford on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and includes beachfront, tidal and non-tidal wetlands, pine forest, and an oyster sanctuary.