Voices of the Delta: Captain Troy Frady
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Next in our Voices of the Delta series, you will meet Captain Troy Frady: Alabama native, owner of Distraction Charters in Orange Beach, Ala. and Gulf Coast restoration advocate. Name: Captain Troy Frady Occupation: Owner/Operator at Distraction Charters in Orange Beach, Alabama What does the Gulf Coast mean to you? My earliest memories of coastal Alabama date back to the early 1970s. There were not many people on the water back then around Orange Beach, Fort Morgan and Dauphin Island. The fish …
RESTORE Act social media week of action continues!
Thanks to all who have been participating in our RESTORE Act social media week of action! Our work is not done. There is a good chance the RESTORE Act could come to a vote in the Senate this week. That’s why it’s important for us to keep the pressure on and continue sending messages to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), asking them to take a position on the RESTORE Act and pass it NOW! Just click …
Voices of the Delta: Keith Blomstrom
This is the second post of our Voices of the Delta series. Name: Keith Blomstrom Occupation: President of the Minnesota Conservation Federation Why are the Mississippi River Delta and Gulf Coast important to Minnesota? Minnesota is linked to the gulf in many ways. The Mississippi River starts in Minnesota — its headwaters are located in Itasca State Park, near Bemidji, Minn. — so the river itself means a great deal to us. Some of the beneficial sediment that travels to …
Tweet your #LOVE for the gulf!
Want to help show your love for the Gulf this Valentine’s Day? It’s easy! Just click on one of the messages below to tell Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) that you want money from the BP oil spill to go back to the gulf. Just click on one of these messages! Show your #LOVE for the #Gulf. Tell @SenatorReid @McConnellPress Pass #RESTOREact NOW! #oilspill http://bit.ly/zyg8vZ via @RestoreDelta Send the #Gulf a Valentine! Tell @SenatorReid @McConnellPress …
Show your #LOVE for the gulf: RESTORE Act online week of action starts Monday
By Ryan Rastegar, Mississippi River Delta Restoration Campaign Coordinator Starting Monday Feb. 13 and continuing throughout the week, the Mississippi River Delta Restoration Campaign will be sending some Valentine’s Day love to the gulf! We’ll be tweeting and Facebooking specific members of Congress, urging them to send BP oil spill fines back to the gulf by passing the RESTORE Act. It has been almost two years since the devastating BP gulf oil spill of 2010, and Congress has yet to act to ensure that …
Voices of the Delta: Chris Macaluso
This is the first in our “Voices of the Delta” blog series, where we’ll be interviewing coastal Louisiana restoration advocates from across the country. From Louisiana to Florida to Minnesota, these spokesmen and women have come to Washington to tell Congress that the Mississippi River Delta is a vital natural resource and that we need to pass the RESTORE Act now and send oil spill fines back to the Gulf States that deserve them. Check back over the coming days …
Predictive models form scientific backbone of Louisiana Coastal Master Plan
By Alisha A. Renfro, Ph.D., National Wildlife Federation Louisiana’s Draft 2012 Coastal Master Plan is a bold, ecosystem-scale restoration strategy that outlines a 50-year plan to combat the land loss epidemic in the Mississippi River Delta. The plan puts forth solutions to addressing the destructive impacts of sea-level rise, subsidence, increased storm intensity, marsh collapse and other factors on Louisiana’s disappearing coastline. The plan is a science-based approach that, at its core, uses a suite of linked models to predict …
Louisiana Coastal Master Plan public meetings start today
By David Muth, National Wildlife Federation Louisiana’s Draft 2012 Coastal Master Plan, released Jan. 12, is the most ambitious ecosystem restoration plan proposed in United States history and is the first to lay out a comprehensive vision for how a coastal state will cope with land loss, subsidence, and projected sea-level rise over the next half century. With an expenditure of $1 billion per year over 50 years, split equally between protection and restoration, Louisiana could build or prevent the loss of …
Teen Group Hosts First Annual Nutria Rodeo
By Chris Pulaski, National Wildlife Federation On December 3, a group of Lafourche Parish high school students staged the first ever nutria rodeo in Golden Meadow, La. Sassafras Louisiana is a coastal advocacy non-profit organization founded by Lafourche-area teens after the BP oil disaster. The rodeo may be considered folly by some, but it addresses the serious threat that invasive species have on coastal marshes and estuary habitat. Nutria, Asian carp and feral swine impact native species and destroy plant material, …
State of the Coast 2012 — Save the Date and Call for Abstracts
Save the Date – June 25-27, 2012 in New Orleans! The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) and Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana (CPRA) are proud to announce that the State of the Coast 2012 conference will be held June 25-27, 2012 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. State of the Coast 2012 will gather hundreds of scientists, business leaders, federal and state agency personnel, elected officials, land owners and interested citizens for the largest forum of …
CRCL Now Accepting Nominations for Coastal Stewardship Awards
The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) will host the 17th annual Coastal Stewardship Awards Program on Friday, April 13, 2012 at the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center. Coastal Stewardship Awards recognize the contributions of individuals and groups who demonstrate outstanding commitment to preserving and restoring Louisiana’s coastal wetlands. CRCL is proud to honor these leaders in coastal restoration, who share our vision of a sustainable coast for future generations. Nominations are now being accepted for the Lifetime Achievement Award, Distinguished Achievement …
LCA Science and Technology Program Discontinued, Holds Final Meeting
By Alisha Renfro, Ph.D., National Wildlife Federation Last month, the Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) Science & Technology (S&T) Science Board held their final meeting on November 15th in Baton Rouge. The S&T program was envisioned to support the LCA Ecosystem Restoration Plan by providing an external science review board; providing analytical tools and technology needed to reduce gaps in scientific knowledge; and to better integrate scientific knowledge at the local, state, and federal levels. The S&T program closed due to a budget …
Join today's RESTORE Act Facebook Day of Action!
Today is our RESTORE Act Facebook Day of Action! Thank you to everyone who participated in yesterday’s RESTORE Act Twitter Day of Action, it was very successful! Anyone with a Facebook account can participate in today’s Day of Action, urging Senators Reid and McConnell to make the RESTORE Act a priority. All you have to do is share THIS PHOTO with your friends. You can write your own message, or you can use one of the following messages: Using money from …
Join the RESTORE Act Social Media Days of Action!
By Elizabeth Skree, Environmental Defense Fund Today and tomorrow, we are asking everyone to participate in Twitter (today) and Facebook (tomorrow) Social Media Days of Action around the RESTORE Act, urging Congress to make the bill a priority this year. The RESTORE Act will ensure that 80 percent of the Gulf oil spill Clean Water Act penalties that BP and other responsible parties will have to pay will be returned the Gulf States that deserve it. We need Congress to …
House Committee Holds Hearing to Advance RESTORE Act
By Whit Remer, Environmental Defense Fund On Wednesday, the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee held a hearing on the RESTORE Act (H.R. 3096), a bill that would ensure that fines paid by BP and the other parties responsible for last year’s Gulf oil spill are used to support both environmental and economic restoration in the region. Rep. John Mica (R-FL) Chairman of the T&I Committee held the hearing to “hear everyone out in an open forum.” Rep. Mica said …