MS launches its RESTORE Act web site– http://www.restore.ms Read More
Tag: restoration
USFWS strategy
US Fish and Wildlife Service vision for Gulf restoration available at http://www.fws.gov/gulfrestoration/pdf/VisionDocument.pdf Read More
NRC report
NRC Ocean Studies Board finished its report, An Ecosystem Services Approach to Assessing the Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico now available at http://dels.nas.edu/Report/report/18387 Read More
RESTORE Act
Governor Scott assigns Gulf Consortium (http://www.fl-counties.com/advocacy/gulf-consortium) with task of developing State Expenditure Plan for RESTORE Act section 1603, Spill Impact Component (“pot 3”) 30% that must be approved by Gulf Ecosystem Restoration Council and mesh with their Council’s Comprehensive Restoration Plan funding. Read More
Recovery progress
Deepwater Horizon oil spill 3-year progress update led by federal and state panels and Chaired by Senators Nelson and Wicker; June 6 hearing to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation archived podcast at http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Hearings&ContentRecord_id=02200024-8f04-429f-bd1f-038e8597a0d9&ContentType_id=14f995b9-dfa5-407a-9d35-56cc7152a7ed&Group_id=b06c39af-e033-4cba-9221-de668ca1978a. NOTE– Meeting begins at 40 mins into podcast (move slider at bottom to this start point). Read More
Restoration events
NOAA Gulf DWH oil spill site at http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov includes calendar of events related to NRDA activities Read More
DWH settlement
NFWF established Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund with funds from BP and Transocean settlement funds– news story at http://www.wboy.com/story/22236848/nfwf-launches-gulf-environmental-benefit-fund-to-restore-gulf-coast-natural-resources; NFWF fund site at http://www.nfwf.org/Pages/gulf/Gulf%20Environmental%20Benefit%20Fund.aspx Read More
NRDA projects
Phase III NRDA Early Restoration Program projects approved: LA $340M for barrier island restoration projects and fisheries research centers– http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/04/bps_340_million_will_restore_4.html; MS $82 million for four projects to “address loss of use by providing residents and visitors with new recreational options, better access to existing natural resources and a greater opportunity to enjoy them”– http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/02/governor-unveils-oil-spill-settlement-funded-projects/; AL Read More
DWH settlement
National Academy of Sciences received $500M for Gulf restoration from BP and Transocean plea agreements– new web site describes objectives and preliminary plans at http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=02202013b Read More