This is a guest blog from Cameron Bertron, a summer legal extern with Healthy Gulf. Cameron, a 3L at Tulane University Law School, is a Gulf Coast native and enjoyer of all things wetlands except mosquitoes. The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth-largest body of water in the world, and it is in part bordered …
“For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.” Kahlil Gibran It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Healthy Gulf board member Hal Suter, from Corpus Christi, Texas. Hal had served on our board since 2013. Hal was a lifetime member of the Sierra Club …
In the wake of Hurricane Barry, a lot of ink was spilled over whether the projections of the storm were too dire or not dire enough, whether the city of New Orleans made the right call to tell people to shelter in place, and whether we can trust the Army Corps to keep us safe. …
Today, scientists from Louisiana State University (LSU), the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced the results of their recent expedition to map the size of Gulf Dead Zone– 6,952 square miles, or about the size of New Jersey. While not as big as originally estimated, likely due to …
New Jersey-sized Gulf Dead Zone Threatens Gulf Fisheries Read More »
Endangered Florida panther kittens are being put at risk due to a mining development in Lee County, Florida.
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It’s early July and high season on the northern Gulf coast beaches of Northwest Florida and South Alabama where I live. Hundreds of thousands of visitors are here for their annual beach vacations, making memories with friends and family as they swim, fish, and enjoy our beaches and waters. But is the water safe for …
Gulf oyster production is down all across the region. Oysters are a canary in the coal mine showing us the toll that years of pollution and poor water management are taking their toll on the Gulf.
Healthy Gulf’s write-up of the RESTORE Council’s public comment meeting in Long Beach, Ms on their Planning Framework Draft for use in Funded Priority List 3 which will be published sometime in 2020. Comment period on this planning draft is open until June 12th, 2019.
The 2019 FL Legislature just wrapped up without passing any new environmental legislation.
Features summaries of the main sessions presented by Miss Dept of Marine Resources at the May 6th State of our Coast conference in Biloxi Mississippi.