Title: Alabama Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Public MeetingLocation: Spanish Fort, ALDescription: The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Alabama’s lead trustee agency for the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill, and the Geological Survey of Alabama, are hosting a public meeting on the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA), along with federal trustee partners, NOAA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The public is invited to attend to learn the fundamentals of the NRDA process through this meeting and understand opportunities for public involvement as the

The agencies responsible for natural resources damaged by the Deepwater BP oil spill will represent the public during the damage assessment process, Louisiana officials said at public meetings throughout the state in late October.

The Gulf of Mexico will be restored following damage from the Deepwater BP oil spill, and the public will play a major role in that restoration process, officials said at a meeting in Galveston, Texas, on October 12.

It’s been six months since the explosion on the oil rig that led to the loss of 11 lives and the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico. When oil began to leak into the Gulf, NOAA immediately got to work monitoring the oil’s trajectory and collecting samples of water and soil before the oil hit the coastline.

It's official: NOAA—along with federal and state partners—has announced its intent to conduct restoration planning under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment for the Deepwater BP oil spill.