Notice of Intent to Draft Restoration Plan in Louisiana.

The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group is beginning the process of drafting a sixth restoration plan, this one focused on restoring and conserving wetlands, coastal, and nearshore habitats injured by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The plan will consider projects under the following restoration approaches: create, restore, and enhance coastal wetlands; restore oyster reef habitat; create, restore, and enhance barrier and coastal islands and headlands; and restore and enhance dunes and beaches.

We began this restoration planning

In response to both extenuating weather conditions associated with the recent Hurricane Barry, and public requests, the Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group has reopened the public comment period for the Draft Restoration Plan 2. The new comment period will run through August 2, 2019. Comments already submitted in response to earlier announcements, including after the recently closed July 15, 2019 deadline, do not need to be resubmitted.

Draft Restoration Plan 2, released May 15, 2019, proposes 18 preferred restoration alternatives for fish, sea turtles, marine mammals, and mesophotic and

Following 30 days of input from the public, including a meeting in the community, the Louisiana Trustees finalized the Supplemental Plan for the Lake Charles Science Center (PDF, 103 pg). The plan calls for the science center and educational complex project to be co-located with the Lake Charles Children’s Museum at the future Port Wonder education and recreation development.

The updated location will enhance the center’s visibility, improve public access, and is located in a natural environment next to Lake Charles. It also provides opportunities for people to learn and play in one

The Mississippi Trustee Implementation Group has released a draft supplement to the 2016-2017 Restoration Plan/Environmental Assessment, originally released in July 2017. The supplement, Mississippi Trustee Implementation Group 2019 Draft Supplemental Restoration Plan: Grand Bay Land Acquisition and Habitat Management (PDF, 13 pg), proposes to provide additional Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitat restoration type funding to the Grand Bay Land Acquisition and Habitat Management Project approved in Restoration Plan I.

The total proposed $10 million in activities in the Draft Supplemental

The Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group will implement two monitoring and adaptive management activities to fill critical information gaps to support Gulf sturgeon restoration. The activities are described in two recently-approved implementation plan documents and are aligned with goals we identified in our Monitoring and Adaptive Management Strategy, released in May 2019.

• Informing Gulf Sturgeon Population Status and Trends as a Baseline to Evaluate Restoration (PDF, 9 pg)
• Juvenile Gulf Sturgeon - Gulf-wide Population Dynamics and Habitat Use (PDF, 12 pg)

Gulf sturgeon inhabit

Florida Trustee Implementation Group Proposes Third Phase of the Florida Coastal Access Project

The Florida Trustee Implementation Group released a draft restoration plan proposing the third phase of the Florida Coastal Access Project for public review and comment. The Draft Phase V.3 Restoration Plan and Supplemental Environmental Assessment (PDF, 45 pg) proposes one additional recreational use project: the acquisition of a coastal parcel of land, the Navarre Beach Marine Park Addition. The privately-owned parcel is within the existing Navarre Beach Marine Park property and acquisition would

The Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group released the Draft Restoration Plan 2 on May 15, 2019. Following the release, we held a public meeting on June 4, and two public webinars on June 11 and 13 to present the draft plan and  receive public comments. Materials for the meeting and webinars are now available.

June 4, 2019 Public Meeting

The in-person meeting began with an interactive open house where the public could ask questions and learn details about the draft plan. It was followed by a formal presentation and the opportunity for the public to provide comments. The meeting

The Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group released the Draft Restoration Plan 2 on May 15, 2019, for a 45-day public comment period, ending on July 1. It proposes 18 preferred restoration alternatives for fish, sea turtles, marine mammals, and mesophotic and deep benthic communities. Following the release, we held a public meeting and two public webinars to present the draft plan and receive public comments. Based on requests, the Trustees have extended the deadline to submit comments to July 15, 2019.

Public comments can be submitted online and through the mail:

• Online via the public

Outreach materials are now available from the June 5 and 6 Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Trustees' public events in Pensacola, Florida.

The first event, a community outreach workshop, helped community members and stakeholders learn more about restoration funding and processes, and how to get involved in Gulf restoration by proposing projects to the Trustees. The second event, the Trustees’ fourth annual public meeting, provided an update on our work since our last meeting in July 2018.  

You can view all the materials presented at the meetings--including the presentations and fact

Notice of Solicitation of Project Ideas

The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group is planning restoration activities to address injuries caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. We would like your input regarding natural resource restoration opportunities in Terrebonne, Lafourche, Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, and St. Bernard Parishes in Louisiana.

We will consider a range of restoration activities under the Restore and Conserve Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats Restoration Type. More specifically, we will consider these restoration approaches under this restoration type:

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