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Two weeks ago GRN led a group of twelve Tulane service learners out to a beach restoration project put together by the folks at Bayou Lands, LSU Agricultural Center, City Park, and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.Shovels in hand, we took off to the beaches of Elmer’s Island, one of Louisiana’s barrier islands […]

Just as the Mississippi River contains the potential to restore the wetlands of the delta, the email list of the Gulf Restoration Network contains the potential to pass the RESTORE Act and invest as much as $16 billion in the restoration of our Gulf of Mexico coast and wetlands. If you are one of our

Last I had the pleasure of joining a group from the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans on a trip to Manchac, Louisiana, more specifically, the Turtle Cove Environmental Research Station. GRN has been partnering with the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development on a campaign to empower residents to effect policy

The Senate may vote as early as this week on legislation that would make it impossible to protect many important streams, wetlands, and other waters under the Clean Water Act. Please take a moment today to tell your Senators to vote NO on this dirty water legislation.The “Barrasso-Heller Dirty Water Amendment” to the Energy and

Included in this blog are two sets of photos of Elmer’s Island. The first set is from the summer of 2010 and includes aerial shots of the island and heavy oil impacts. The second set includes surface level shots that were taken this past weekend on November 12th, 2011. As you will see from the

This week, the United States Coast Guard concluded that BP can wind down its efforts to clean oil still marring the shores of the Gulf coast, unless officials can prove that the oil is BP’s. For more on this decision and what it means for cleanup efforts, take a look at this AP article published

Eighteen months ago, BP’s Macondo well erupted, spewing over 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. We continue to experience impacts from the disaster today. The oil is still washing on shore and the environmental impacts are still being revealed -the BP oil disaster is not over.We’ve seen record numbers of dolphin

As I write you this, vital conservation programs that reduce nitrogen and phosphorus pollution from our nation’s farms are in jeopardy of being cut from the Farm Bill by the secret, closed-door Super Committee. Although the programs are inadequate to deal with the scope of the Gulf Dead Zone, they are some of the only

I’ll admit it, I’m excited. But don’t tell my boss.For the 5th year, GRN is the official, non-profit partner of the Voodoo Experience, a huge music festival taking place Friday-Sunday in NOLA’s City Park. 5 stages, over 100 bands, and thanks to the hard work of GRN staff and volunteers:Kral oyunlar kral oyun Oyunlar oyun

Giving the plants a lift: Floating Grasses in Bayou St JohnMonths ago, I assisted Caitlin Reilly of LSU AgCenter with an experimental installation of Vallisneria americana (“wild celery” or “tape-grass” ) in Bayou St John. The plantsand the were gifted to the bayou From Dr. Poirrier’s lab at the University of New Orleans. Because the