Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced the release of a new study report, Investigations of Chemosynthetic Communities on the Lower Continental Slope of the Gulf of Mexico. This is the result of a 5 year field study to discover and characterize sea floor communities that live in association with hydrocarbon seeps on Read More
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Public comment period for NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program’s science plan closes MONDAY 12/15.
Monday, December 15, 2014 is the last day to submit public comment for the NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program’s science plan. To have your expertise heard, electronic comments can be submitted via email to noaarestorescience@noaa.gov. Written comments can be mailed to Dr. Becky Allee; NOAA OCM – Gulf Coast; Bldg. 1100, Rm 232; Stennis Space Read More
RESTORE Council reviewing FPL projects
Projects submitted for the ‘Bucket 2’ Funding Priorities List are currently being reviewed by the RESTORE Council. All projects are available for viewing although public comments are not yet being accepted. For more information and to view the projects please visit http://www.restorethegulf.gov/ourwork/council-selected-restoration/fpl-development Read More
NFWF new restoration projects
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund announced round 2 for $99.2M of funding for 25 new oil spill restoration projects in AL, FL, LA, MS and TX. Read More
NAS study on monitoring Gulf of Mexico restoration
The National Academy of Science Gulf Research Program will sponsor an ad hoc committee and report under the auspices of the National Research Council will inform monitoring and evaluation of restoration activities in the Gulf of Mexico. Read More
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative news
GOMRI announced last week the awards for RFP-IV consortia and new RFP-V opportunity for small teams research; deadline for RFP-V “letter of intent” pre-proposals is Dec. 15, 2014. Read More
NOAA RESTORE Science Program news
NOAA released a draft version of the science plan for the NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program for public comment; electronic comments submitted via e-mail (noaarestorescience@noaa.gov) and written comments may be mailed to Dr. Becky Allee; NOAA OCM – Gulf Coast; Bldg. 1100, Rm 232; Stennis Space Center, MS, 39529. Read More
Texas Centers of Excellence
Texas released “notice on selection process for Centers of Excellence” at https://www.restorethetexascoast.org/. As announced, pursuant to RESTORE Act and Treasury statutory and regulatory requirements, “Texas is posting a Request For Grant Applications (RFGA) on the Texas Electronic State Business Daily and on the Texas e-Grants system. The RFGA will set forth the process by which grant applications must Read More
GCER Council updates
The Gulf Coast Restoration Council has been collaborating with Gulf coast state entities to host webinars open to the public in order to update participants on the status of programs and plans. You can view the webinar and a summary presentation for the Oct. 16 webinar with MS here– http://www.restore.ms/archived-webinar/ Read More
Guide to NRDA Phase III Early Restoration Program projects
Deepwater Horizon oil spill NRDA Trustees guide to projects and planning contained in the Final Programmatic and Phase III Early Restoration Plan and Early Restoration Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement. Read More