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).… 
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).…
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Dead Bird Island – Testing Results
“Dead Bird Island”
Testing Results Report by: Wilma Subra
Results of sampling performed by the Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper in Terrebonne Bay on August 19, 2010 On August 19, 2010, in Terrebonne Bay south of Point-au-Chien, Modato Island was covered with vegetation, bare areas, and a large number of dead shore birds. The area was designated by the Lower Mississippi River Keeper as “Dead Bird Island.” The area also contained a number of shore birds in distress, nests containing eggs and a seagull that died shortly after sampling was complete. Samples were collected along the shore of the island, 10-12 inches deep, under the vegetation matted material washed in by the tide. The soil/sediment sample was contaminated with 48.4 mg/kg of Petroleum Hydrocarbons and 10 Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (0.039 mg/kg).…
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Testing Results Returning With High Levels
Report by: Wilma Subra
Results of sampling performed by the Lower Mississippi River Keeper in the Lower Atchafalaya Bay area on August 2, 2010
The shore of the Gulf of Mexico east of Oyster Bayou, where the Atchafalaya Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico, contained visible oil on the vegetation along the shore line. Soil in this location contained Carbon Disulfide, 378 mg/kg Hydrocarbons and six Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) (0.222 mg/kg).…
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Dead Bird Island – Terrebonne Parish
We continued our sampling efforts last week in Terrebonne Bay with Chief Chuckie Verdin of the Pointe Au Chien indian community.
LEAN’s relationship with Pointe Au Chien began after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita when we delivered relief supplies there at the request of Chief Chuckie.…
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SoLa – Louisiana Water Stories – Movie Premiere and Art Show
Thanks to all of our supporters that came out to the screening. You are invited to attend a special screening and Louisiana Art Show.
The Film: SOLA Louisiana Water Stories by reknown National Geographic Filmaker and Antarctic Expedition LeaderJon Bowermaster,
Louisiana Art Show featuring: Rhea Gary, CC Lockwood, Jeffrey Dubinsky, Jerry Moran, Kyle Jeffery, Natalie Clay, Stefan Andermann…and others!…
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Gulf of Mexico Water and Soil Sampling Video
In our continuing effort to document and learn from the trajic events of the BP drilling disaster we are conducting regular excursions to the Mississippi Delta, taking water and soil samples and an efforts to determine what linguiring effects the spill will have on the toxcicty of our vanishing wetlands.… Mighty Missislick Expedition
We said there warn’t no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don’t. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft. -Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Mississippi River—the Great River—has lent its undulating waters to boyhood dreams, once again.…
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BP’s Deepwater Horizon Disaster: Update 12
On May 13, 2010 Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper conducted an on-the-water patrol of West Bay and Southwest Pass. Leaving from Venice we made our way to the south into West Bay and then cut over into Southwest Pass and then made our way out to the Gulf facing shore of Southwest Pass.… Please Join C.C. Lockwood And The Crew Of The Old Man River Project
The Old Man River Project
A modern day adventure on the Mississippi River
Please Join C.C. Lockwood And The Crew Of The Old Man River Project For A Multimedia Presentation Of journeys Down The Mississippi River.
Renowned award-winning Louisiana nature photographer C.C.…
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