Another day on the waters of coastal Louisiana. A mix of weather from sun to clouds to heavy rain and choppy seas made for along but productive day. With an assortment of seafood that that is found on most every dinner table in Louisiana.… 
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Breton Sound Sampling Photos
Another day on the waters of coastal Louisiana. A mix of weather from sun to clouds to heavy rain and choppy seas made for along but productive day. With an assortment of seafood that that is found on most every dinner table in Louisiana.… Images from the 2010 Wooden Boat Festival
Images from the 2010 Wooden Boat Festival, Madisonville, LA
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowermississippiriverkeeper/sets/72157625239327742/… The Weeks Bay Principles for Gulf Recovery
The Weeks Bay Principles for Gulf Recovery
On October 4-6, 2010, ninety-five people representing forty-six community, local, regional, national and international environmental, social justice, and fishermen’s groups, met at the Beckwith Camp and Conference Center on Weeks Bay, Alabama. The meeting was sponsored by Gulf Restoration Network, Gulf Coast Fund and Save Our Gulf (a coalition of Gulf of Mexico waterkeeper programs working on the BP oil disaster).…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: BP, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Restoration Network, Louisiana Bayoukeeper, Sierra Club
Independent Testing Continues In Gulf
Independent Testing Continues In GulfReport by: Wilma Subra
Results of sampling performed by Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper in Plaquemines Parish, LA on August 26, 2010
Along the shoreline of Southern Brenton Sound in Plaquemines Parish, LA, a soil/sediment sample was collected. The sediment sample contained 47.7 mg/kg Petroleum Hydrocarbons, Carbon Disulfide, Toluene, and 32 Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (0.039 mg/kg)
A small island at the mouth of Baptiste Collette Bayou, Plaquemines Parish, LA had a large amount of coal like material littering the beach on the shoreline and in the near shore waters. There were a lot of birds associated with an inland tidal lagoon on the island. A soil/sediment sample collected from the shoreline contained 72.7 mg/kg Petroleum Hydrocarbons, Carbon Disulfide, and 89 Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (1.46 mg/kg).…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Bernard Parish, PAH, Petroleum Hydrocarbons, Plaquemines Parish
