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Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Update. Photo Credit: NOAA. April 15, 2011. Trustee Council. Trustee Council (New Orleans, April 26-28) State only meeting Administrative record discussion Solutions for data sharing Upcoming meetings: Austin, TX – June 1-2
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Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Update Photo Credit: NOAA April 15, 2011
Trustee Council • Trustee Council (New Orleans, April 26-28) • State only meeting • Administrative record discussion • Solutions for data sharing • Upcoming meetings: • Austin, TX – June 1-2 • Pensacola, FL – July 13-14 • Mobile, AL – August 24-25 Photo Credit: NOAA
PEIS Public Meetings Recap • 11 meetings; over 500 participants • Comments covered a broad range of restoration types, and included calls to: • Restore coastal wetlands • Improve management and monitoring of fisheries stocks • Obtain lands that contain key wildlife habitats • Procure conservation easements • Purchase water for in-stream flows • Strengthen barrier islands and dunes, and • Improve recreation access, among many others Photo Credit: NOAA
Oyster Update • Amendment to Transition Plan • Added 20 additional sampling sites; majority in LA • Spring Sampling Plan • Trustees are working cooperatively to develop a Spring sampling plan • Dates and sampling locations have not been finalized • Plans will be posted publicly once finalized http://losco-dwh.com/viewWorkPlans.aspx Photo Credit: NOAA