Monthly Archives: November 2010

Food Drive for the Fishermen

The Louisiana Environmental Action Network and the Lower Mississippi RIVERKEEPER hold the family fishermen of Louisiana in the highest regard. They achieve in life what many strive for. Self sufficiency, independence, harmony with nature all while putting food on the familiy table.…
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Seafood Sampling in the Gulf Continues

11/23/10 – http://www.LMRK.org continues thier samples project, this time out and around the area West of Venice, LA Nature sightings included: A pod of dolphins, blue herons, ibis, osprey and white pelicans, mullet, small fish, gnats. Unatural Sightings included: A leaking and abandonded natural gas well, more industry air pollution from flaring, invasive water hyacinth, dying marsh grass that looked to have been oiled.…
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Food Donated for Thanksgiving

<p>A special thank you from some of the less fortunate families in the hard hit fishing communities to all those caring individuals that gave so generously at the first annual Angel of the Delta Festival.</p> <p>The food donated was distributed on Tuesday November 23rd.…
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Seafood Sampling for BP Spill Contaminants – Just West of Venice

11/23/10 – Samples the waters out and around the area West of Venice, LA  Nature sightings included:A pod of dolphins, blue herons, ibis, osprey and white pelicans, mullet, small fish, gnats. Unatural Sightings included:A leaking and abandonded natural gas well, more industry air pollution from flaring, invasive water hyacinth, dying marsh grass that looked to have been oiled.…
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Seafood Sampling for BP Spill Contaminants – East Bay and Beyond

The LMRK crew, and Deputy Director of Waterkeeper Alliance Marc Yaggi, traveled from Venice, LA down the MS River through South Pass, East Bay, and Southwest Pass. LMRK continues tissue sampling to better understand the state of the health of the organisms, especially those typically fished and consumed in the Mississippi river basin post oil spill disaster.…
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Lake Borgne Seafood Sampling Trip

Once again the Lower Mississippi RIVERKEEPER (Paul Orr) and his crew, Operations Coordinator – Michael Orr and Photographer – Jeffrey Dubinsky set out for another day of collecting seafood in the gulf. Today’s haul included shrimp, blue crab, menhaden (small fish) and oysters.…
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