Publications - Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Restoration and Recovery: 10 Year Review (April 2020)
State-Specific Materials
- Update on Gulf Restoration Spending in Mississippi (October 2020)
Overview Materials
- Overview and Status of BP Oil Spill Restoration Funding Processes (April 2020)
- Gulf Coast Restoration: Timeline of Major Events (August 2018)
- BP Proposed Consent Decree (October 2015)
- Gulf Coast Restoration & Recovery 101 (March 2015)
Natural Resource Damage Assessment
- Overview and Funding Status of NRDA (April 2020)
- Restoration Across the Gulf Region (June 2019)
- Restoration of the Open Ocean (June 2019)
- Natural Resource Restoration in Alabama (June 2019)
- Natural Resource Restoration in Florida (June 2019)
- Natural Resource Restoration in Louisiana (June 2019)
- Natural Resource Restoration in Mississippi (June 2019)
- Natural Resource Restoration in Texas (June 2019)
- Early Restoration in the Natural Resource Damage Assessment Process (May 2015)
- Understanding Restoration Planning and Procedures (Jan. 2014)
- NRDA in Action: How the Public Has Helped Shape Natural Resource Restoration (Feb. 2012)
RESTORE Act
- Overview and Funding Status of the RESTORE Act (April 2020)
- Comparison of RESTORE Act Funding (May 2015)
- The RESTORE Act and NEPA (Aug. 2014)
- Detailed Analysis of the RESTORE Act (Oct. 2012)
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- Overview and Funding Status of NFWF (April 2020)
Claims & Litigation
- U.S. Settlements At A Glance (May 2015)
- Claims and Litigation Overview (Sept. 2014)
- Overview of Transocean’s Settlement (Feb. 2013) (or click here for a two-page version)
- Overview of BP’s Criminal Plea Agreement (Feb. 2013) (or click here for a two-page version)
- Overview of MOEX Settlement (Feb. 2013)
Connecting the Pieces
- The City of Portland Streamlining Team: A Case Study in Coordinating Environmental Compliance (August 2018)
- Coordination in the Natural Resource Damage Assessment Process: Project Planning and Selection (June 2018)
- Coordination in the Natural Resource Damage Assessment Process: General Tools and Mechanisms (March 2018)
- Fast Tracking Restoration: Addressing Resource Constraints in Federal Agencies (December 2017)
- Good Projects Checklist: Important Elements for Gulf Restoration Projects (May 2017)
- Fast-Tracking “Good” Restoration Projects in the Gulf of Mexico (February 2017)
- Building Bridges: Connecting the Overlapping Goals, Resources, and Institutions for Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Conservation (State Plans and Programs) (Jan. 2016) (or click here for the Executive Summary)
- Funding Deepwater Horizon Restoration & Recovery: How Much, Going Where, For What? (May 2014)
- Building Bridges: Connecting the Overlapping Goals, Resources, and Institutions for Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Conservation (Federal Programs) (Apr. 2014) (or click here for the Executive Summary)
Public Participation Publications
- Public Participation and the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion: NEPA and NRDA (Mar. 2021)
- Navigating the EIS Process (Feb. 2021)
- FAQs in the NEPA Scoping Process (Jul. 2017)
- A Guide to Participating in the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment Process (Apr. 2017)
- Public Participation Educational Materials (Sep. 2015)
- Introduction to Public Participation (Dec. 2013)
Why I Participate in Gulf Restoration Blog Series
- Fishing for Opportunity: A Perspective on Vietnamese Engagement in Gulf Restoration (May 2018)
- Pearls of Wisdom from a Mississippi Fisherman (February 2018)
Vietnamese Materials
- Qúa Trình Ph?c H?i Vùng V?nh: 101 (Gulf Coast Recovery and Restoration: 101)
- Ph?c H?i So Kh?i trong Quá Trình Ðánh Giá Thi?t H?i Tài Nguyên Thiên Nhiên (Early Restoration in the Natural Resource Damage Assessment Process)
- Ki?n Ngh? Tr?c Di?n H?u Hi?u (Providing Effective Verbal Comments)
- Ð? Trình Ki?n Ngh? Thu (Writing Effective Public Comments)
Gulf Restoration Interview Series
- Chris Robbins (Ocean Conservancy)
- Dr. R. Eugene Turner (Louisiana State University)
- John Pendergrass (Environmental Law Institute)
- David Pettit & David Newman (Natural Resources Defense Council)
- Jim Ayers (Alaska Strategies)
- Dr. Charles Peterson (UNC Chapel Hill) & Stan Senner (Ocean Conservancy)
- Dan Luke (South Wings) & Bonny Schumaker (On Wings of Care)
- Telley Madina (Oxfam America)