The Trustee Council will hold its fifth annual public meeting via webinar this year due to current nationwide health concerns. The meeting date is July 16, 2020. The webinar is open to everyone and we encourage your attendance and participation.

During this meeting, we will present updates on the progress made by the Trustee Council and in each of the seven Restoration Areas. This meeting will also serve as the annual public meeting for the Regionwide Trustee Implementation Group. We’ll also provide an opportunity for public comments after the updates are presented.

A number of fact sheets

The Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group released an updated Open Ocean Monitoring and Adaptive Management Strategy (PDF, 23 pages). The strategy includes the Trustees’ initial priorities for information needed to help evaluate the outcomes of restoration, assess progress towards  restoration goals, and inform restoration planning and implementation. The Trustees are also hosting a webinar on July 22, 2020 to present the strategy. Registration information is below.

The first version of the strategy was released in May 2019. It is a living document that will be updated as needed over time

Ten years ago, a brown pelican was rescued from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. He was eventually returned to the waters of the Gulf, but before being released was fit with a leg band bearing his new name—A04. And now, A04 has become part of an even bigger success story than its survival alone might suggest. He's nesting on Queen Bess Refuge—one of thousands of nesting pairs that are making the first post-restoration nesting season on there a huge success.

In the years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Trustees have worked tirelessly to restore habitat injured by the spill. One of

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Ghi nhớ ngày này – Hội đồng Ủy viên sẽ tổ chức cuộc họp công chúng thường niên lần thứ năm vào tối ngày 16 tháng 7 năm 2020 thông qua hội thảo video trực tuyến. Thông tin chi tiết về cách đăng ký sẽ sớm được đăng và gửi đến email của người đăng ký.

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Save the date—the Trustee Council will hold our fifth annual public meeting on the evening of July 16, 2020 via webinar. More information about how to register will be posted and sent to email subscribers soon.

During this meeting, we will present updates on the progress made by the Trustee Council and in each of the seven Restoration Areas. This meeting will also serve as the annual public meeting for the Regionwide Trustee Implementation Group.

If you are unable to attend the public meeting webinar, we will update the Gulf Spill Restoration website with the presentation and transcript and

In 2019, the Deepwater Horizon Trustees continued restoration in the Gulf of Mexico, starting our fourth year of post-settlement work. Annual reports on all of the Trustees’ work, and an annual financial summary are now available.

Post-predator control shorebird surveys are underway on St. Vincent Island, Florida and will continue through September. The information gathered will be compared against data gathered as part of an Early Restoration Phase II avian habitat enhancement project, when predator numbers were high. This comparison will enable biologists to see a “before and after picture” to determine the success of their predator control activities.

St. Vincent Island is a barrier island with white sandy beaches surrounded by clear waters, designated as Outstanding Florida Waters, in the northwestern portion of

The Alabama Trustee Implementation Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of the East Gateway Tract in Weeks Bay. Located at the mouth of the Bay and adjacent to Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve holdings, the State of Alabama acquired the tract for the purposes of protecting and conserving marine, coastal, estuarine, and riparian habitats injured in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. We approved the East Gateway Land Acquisition Project in our second post-settlement restoration plan, which was approved in September 2018.

The tract is roughly 175 acres of critically important

The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group is beginning the process of drafting a Deepwater Horizon restoration plan to address the restoration goals of “Restore and Conserve Habitat” and “Replenish and Protect Living Coastal and Marine Resources”.

The plan will consider projects under the “Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats” and “Birds” restoration types. Development of the Restoration Plan will be consistent with the Trustees’ Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan, the Oil Pollution Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, their implementing regulations, and all

The Mississippi Trustee Implementation Group has released its second draft restoration plan for public review and comment through May 22, 2020.  The Plan addresses some of the injuries to various coastal habitats and oysters from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Mississippi Restoration Area.  

The Draft Restoration Plan II and Environmental Assessment: Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats and Oysters (PDF, 211 pages) proposes four projects for implementation.

Two Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats Restoration Type projects:

• Wolf River Coastal Preserve Habitat Management