In December 2022, rescuers saved the lives of hundreds of sea turtles thanks, in part, to funding provided by a Texas Trustee’s component of the Sea Turtle Early Restoration Project.

To support restoration planning and evaluation of restoration effectiveness, the Open Ocean Trustees have approved three new Monitoring and Adaptive Management (MAM) activities.

The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group, the agencies charged with restoring Louisiana’s natural resources after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, has approved $2.26 billion in funding for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project. The implementing partner, the Louisiana Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority (CPRA), will use the funding to construct a large-scale sediment diversion to reconnect the Mississippi River to Louisiana's Barataria Basin estuary.

The Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group has approved a planning project, Characterization of Caribbean Fisheries Interactions with Highly Migratory Species, to support the restoration of fish and water column invertebrates injured by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

The Alabama Trustee Implementation Group has approved the use of earned interest for the Bayfront Park Restoration and Improvement – Phases IIa and IIb Project (Bayfront Park project).

The Alabama Trustee Implementation Group has released a Draft Evaluation of Second Project Change for the Alabama Trustee Implementation Group Restoration Plan I/Environmental Impact Statement Project: Dauphin Island Eco-Tourism and Environmental Education Area (PDF, 7 pages) for public review. We invite you to comment on the draft evaluation through January 27, 2023. The proposed change would increase the project budget by $460,613.

Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, Alabama, has received a 2020 Phoenix Award from the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW).

To make the most of our efforts, we work hard to leverage funding from other sources and strive to engage other restoration partners.

We are restoring resources in multiple locations across the Gulf.

Many of our projects are designed to benefit multiple restoration types.