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LAND GOES BACK TO NATURE
Alcoa creates marsh that will be donated to Aransas refuge
March 29, 2007
By Louise Popplewell - Victoria
Advocate
Reprinted by permission.
PORT LAVACA - In giving back what it took away so many years ago, Alcoa on
Wednesday showed off its latest project to restore Lavaca Bay, and federal,
state, county and local officials were on hand to celebrate with Calhoun County
residents.
The culmination of 15 years of work by so many drew to a close with completion
of Alcoa's creation of a 70-acre inter-tidal marsh on 730 acres near Indianola
the industrial giant acquired and will transfer to the Aransas National
Wildlife Refuge.
The addition to the 3,400-acre Myrtle Foester Whitmire Unit of the refuge
consists of marsh habitats and Powderhorn Lake that are viewed from a 30-foot
man-made elevation.
The improvements were made as part of the terms of a settlement to resolve the
company's liability for damages stemming from releases of mercury and
hydrocarbons into the bay in the late 1960s.
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NOAA and Its Partners Publish Two Louisiana Restoration
Planning Documents
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is pleased to
announce the publication of two Louisiana Regional Restoration Planning Program
(RRP Program) documents. NOAA and its natural resource co- trustees have
developed the innovative statewide comprehensive RRP Program to respond to oil
discharges.
The framework and the major provisions of the RRP Program are outlined in a
Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (FPEIS) . The FPEIS
divides the State of Louisiana into nine regions and a Regional
Restoration Plan for each will identify trust resources and services that
are likely to be injured by an oil spill, suitable restoration for those
injuries, and available projects that can be implemented at the local level to
affect restoration. The first of these plans, the
Final Regional Restoration Plan for Region 2, is available for the
delta region of southeast Louisiana.
NOAA Restoration Portal
The NOAA Restoration Portal
has been updated to provide you with more information about NOAA's vital
restoration projects. The enhanced site now provides comprehensive information
about restoration techniques, NOAA restoration programs, projects, and
activities, and access to the other NOAA restoration resources. The site also
provides educational resources, a publication library, and a list of funding
sources.
Team sampling marsh sediments
and water quality near a creek restoration project.
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NOAA Leading Assessment of Areas Possibly Harmed by Citgo Oil Spill
Workers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are leading a
federally mandated assessment of areas possibly harmed by the June 18, 2006
Citgo oil spill. That process, called a national resource damage assessment, is
a long-term effort involving several government agencies and led by NOAA.
Its goal is to quantify the damage to sensitive areas of the environment, such
as river bottoms and wetlands. State environmental and health regulators have
begun testing tissue samples from fish, shrimp, crabs, and oysters for any
effects from the spill.
*Reprinted with permission from the American Press.
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Captain Scott Wyatt of Pathmaker Airboats from Cecilia arrives at
Calcasieu Point along with crews from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration and other agencies. The group was bringing in sediment samples
from Big Lake. Testing is being conducted as a result of the recent Citgo oil
spill. Crews with NOAA will be collecting samples throughout the affected areas
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Lisa Dipinto of NOAA checks for phone calls at Calcasieu Point
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Bald Eagle Chick
Takes Its First Flight
After weeks of practice, the first bald eagle to hatch on the northern Channel
Islands in over 50 years took to the air in its first flight July 14, 2006.
This bald eagle reintroduction study is part of the
Montrose Settlements Restoration Program , a
multiagency effort to address natural resource injuries from DDT and PCB
releases into the environment by Montrose Chemical Corporation and other
industrial sources in Southern California in the mid 20th century. Closeup
views from a publicly broadcast web camera and play-by-play posts from an
associated discussion board allowed hundreds of people to join biologists as
they watched the chick show typical preflight behaviors over two weeks. There
were at least 32 news sources that had reported it; 200 registered users were
documented on the webcam; and at least 450,000 hits were sited on the website.
Home Page What's New
Fact Sheets
Press Releases
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May 23, 2007: NOAA's Damage Assessment,
Remediation and Restoration Program Celebrates 15 Years of Success
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March 28, 2007: Lavaca Bay Restoration and Clean Up
Celebrating Successful Government-Industry Partnership
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December 17, 2003: NOAA and Florida Awarded $2.2
Million for South Florida Oil Spill
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September 17, 2003: Agencies Seek
Input on Draft Regional Restoration Plan for Louisiana
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September 10, 2003: Restoration Begins for Westchester
Oil Spill in Louisiana
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June 18, 2003: First State-Wide Program
Promotes Regional Restoration in Louisiana
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January 8, 2003: NOAA and Florida Submit $2.2 Million
Claim for South Florida Oil Spill
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December 12, 2002: NOAA
Announces $2.7 Million Patuxent River Oil Spill Restoration
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December 22, 1999, press release
announcing that a "settlement in principle" had been reached in the North Cape
oil spill.
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Press Release issued July 6,
2000—"U.S., Rhode Island announce settlement to redress environmental damage
from massive oil spill"
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