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Coastal Restoration PanelOn August 12th I attended a Coastal Restoration/Protection Forum in Davant, Louisiana called “Getting the Jobs & Water Right.” The Gulf Restoration Network was a sponsor of this event and I was there to learn about what the concerns and opportunities were for coastal communities as we envision restoration of these critical areas.We […]

Strandings data point to more than shrimpers in the deaths of Turtles.The recent spike in sea turtle mortality along the Gulf coast has raised several concerns over the cause of these deaths and how to stop it.Source: 1987-2007, 2008-2011. Decadal averages in Turtle strandings by month, compared to the monthly strandings 2010 and 2011. Note

This article is excerpted from Wave Maker’s News, our quarterly update on all things water in the Gulf of Mexico, check out the full newsletter here. Red Tide algal bloom. Photo courtesy of NOAA and PJS Franks.In 2004 to 2005, a devastating Red Tide hit Florida’s southwest Gulf coast. Karenia brevis was the culprit; the

Guest Blogger, Alex Zhu, is a Robertson scholar from New Zealand who is interning with GRN this summer.This past week, I was lucky enough to go with six other GRN staff and volunteers to the tenth annual Bonnaroo Music Festival, a four day music, comedy and craziness extravaganza held in Manchester, Tennessee. With over 90,000

Even as the Senate grilled oil company CEO’s earlier this month about the uber-profitable industry’s $4 billion-a-year taxpayer subsidies, Obama promised to bring more oil and gas reserves online and the House quietly passed HR1231, a bill otherwise known as “Reversing President Obama’s Offshore Moratorium Act” .On May 12th, the House passed HR1231 to literally

One year has passed since the oil disaster began, and we still know relatively little about what the future holds. For the rest of the country, the oil spill is over. Here in Louisiana, we will be dealing with this spill for decades, and it has already begun to change our way of life. What

David Newman is the Oceans Program Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council. Check out his post below, and visit his blog here. ——————— The government agencies responsible for overseeing the assessment and restoration of natural resources damaged by the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico have just announced the beginning of a

This fall, University of Mississippi senior Shelley Clark served as a Defend the Gulf Outreach Intern on her campus. In the following guest post, Shelley describes her work over the past semester and how it helped her decide on her future plans in environmental law. We’re currently recruiting Outreach Interns for the spring. Apply today

Guest Blogger, Brent Evans, a Salon Development Partner for the Neill Corporation for Aveda has been involved with GRN for the past 5 years through our Earth Month partnership. What exactly is Boom? To me, prior to the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, it was a word that describes the loud sound heard during an explosion. Well,