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There’s Something About Fences: Guest blog by Justin Kray, City Park for Everyone

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City Park Fisherman by James ShawRecently, a miles-long chain-link fence was erected around the wild northern portion of City Park, earmarked for development as golf course by a closed decision making process. There are many reasons why this golf course is a bad choice for the region: ecology, hydrology, financial sustainability, countervailing recreational trends –

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Citizens, GRN Fight to Clean Up Sewage Pollution in Little Tchefuncte

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Artesian Utility Company, Inc., responsible for treating the sewage that is produced from the Lake Ramsay subdivision, continues to discharge pollutants, including fecal matter, into the Little Tchefuncte River on the Northshore of Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana. Over a year ago, GRN and the Little Tchefuncte River Association filed suit against Artesian for failure to

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Save Our Southern Forests – Guest Blog

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From the cypress swamps of the Atchafalaya Basin to “America’s Amazon” in Alabama, the forests and wetlands of the Gulf South states are home to incredible populations of wildlife, provide recreational opportunities from hunting and fishing to kayaking and camping, filter our water and prevent floods, and generally grace us with the beauty of nature.Unfortunately,

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Mike Tidwell at Octavia Books

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This a guest post from our friends at Octavia Books, who are partnering with us to host Mike Tidwell for an upcoming presentation and book signing. In partnership with the Gulf Restoration Network, we’ll welcome Mike Tidewell when he returns to Octavia Books on October 20, 2014, 6:00 P.M. to celebrate the eleventh anniversary of

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Spreading Oil Rig Dumpsites in the Gulf of Mexico?

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Please enjoy thisa guest blogbyRichard Charter, Senior Fellow withThe Ocean Foundation.Right now, the Interior Department is revisiting their policies governing the disposal of old drilling rigs and other petroleum infrastructure throughout the federal waters of our Gulf of Mexico. When an oil company signs an offshore lease contract, that includes an obligation to return the

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The Mosquito and the Mammoth: GRN and the Oil Industry

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This articles is excerpted from Gulf Currents, GRN’s quarterly newsletter. To read the rest of the Summer 2014 edition of Gulf Currents, click here.A platform making its way down one of many channels in Terrebonne Parish, LA. Photo: Jonathan Henderson, GRN. Flight provided by Southwings.org.Many coastal advocates are reeling after Governor Bobby Jindal and the

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Fracking Water Use Issues in Southwest Mississippi

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While some speculate that the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS) may provide a future oil “boom” in southwest Mississippi counties, the reality is, the boom is no longer hypothetical and it will not just affect southwest Mississippi. Various signs indicate that the TMS has indeed been opened to major commercial production. To date, there are at

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