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Last Friday GRN was excited to partner with former Saint Scott Fujita, filmmaker Walter Williams, musician Amanda Shaw and the America’s WETLAND Foundation to help spread the word about Louisiana’s coastal crisis. As you may have seen, Scott and his wife Jaclyn decided to donate half of his Superbowl check to charity, with half going […]

Nancy Reagan once referred to the oil rigs off the coast of California as looking like Christmas trees during the darkened night. I like Christmas trees as much as the next American, but I prefer the Gulf Coast of Florida to stay dark, inspiring, and mysterious in the evening. The open and majestic horizon, bathed

This great story just came out in USA Today, announcing our exciting collaboration with NFL linebacker Scott Fujita, a key part of the 2009 Championship Saints team, now on his way to Cleveland. We’re thrilled to be working with Scott and his wife Jacyln, and appreciate their generosity and appreciation of the fact that Louisiana’s

As our loyal readers know, nitrogen and phosphorous pollution flowing from agricultural fields in the Mississippi River Basin is a major contributor to the Gulf’s annual Dead Zone. We (as a member of the Mississippi River Collaborative), along with the Environmetal Law and Policy Center, just released a report on how we could better address

Mississippi’s Pascagoula River is an amazing natural resource, home to a dazzling diversity of plants and animals and renowned for its vibrant marshes and wonderful fishing. Known as the “Singing River” for the mysterious music that is heard as you approach the water, the Pascagoula River is also in danger from a proposal to hollow

GRN was excited to work with musician Tab Benoit and his organization, Voice of the Wetlands to take a couple other Louisiana rockstars on a coastal wetlands flyover recently. We were lucky to get Anders Osborne and Pepper Keenan to take time out of their busy schedules to spend time with us viewing the Atchafalaya

Photo by Joe TomasovskyYesterday’s “Cruising for the Coast” event, hosted by Ship Island Excursions in Gulfport, Mississippi to benefit GRN, was an absolutely lovely afternoon on the water.As GRN supporter and Mississippi artist Steve Shepard put it: “We had lots of beer, excellent food from area restaurants, an art raffle, and plenty of conversations. The

From the beautiful cypress forests to seagrass beds teaming with fish to the most biodiverse wetlands in the country, the Gulf Coast is a natural treasure. Unfortunately, we lose a football field worth of wetlands every 45 minutes on the Gulf coast, our water quality is threatened by pollution, and our seas overfished. You can

Over the last few months, GRN’s Healthy Waters Team has been busy fighting to keep the rivers, bayous and streams of the Gulf region safe for ourselves and future generations. From working to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in Florida’s waters, to holding the Army Corps of Engineers accountable for protecting coastal wetlands, GRN is

Imagine for a moment that your county officials wanted to spend your tax dollars on a project that would destroy important wetlands, and harm Mississippi’s vital recreational and commercial fishing industry, even as these same officials were slashing budgets for schools, police officers and libraries. Doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, does it? Unfortunately,