Post–BP Oil Spill Gulf Restoration Projects So Far Lack Basis in Science [Slide Show]
Few funds generated by the Deepwater Horizon disaster have been allocated as yet to return the Gulf of Mexico’s marshes and ecosystems to a healthier state, leading to “random acts of restoration”
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Post–BP Oil Spill Gulf Restoration Projects So Far Lack Basis in Science [Slide Show]
- IN THE BAG: Some of the 23,000 bags of oysters lining the edge of a mud flat on Mobile Bay. Volunteers placed the bags—each weighing approximately 4.5 kilograms—across the mud flat at low tide to create the foundation for oyster reefs to grow, part of the 100–1000: Restore Coastal Alabama project spearheaded by The Nature Conservancy, Alabama Coastal Foundation, Mobile Baykeeper and The Ocean Foundation... Photo credit: © 2011 Erika Nortemann for TNC
- BLOCKS AND BOOMS: ReefBLK installations along Coffee Island. ReefBLKs are one of three methods being used to restore oyster reefs along the shores of Mobile Bay. Seen in the background are oil booms placed to protect the project from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April, 2010... Photo credit: Beth Maynor Young for TNC
