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This Alabama-based conservation organizations provides information about volunteer efforts as well as donations.
BP Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill disaster -- resources to help make a difference
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It has been almost two months since the disastrous BP Deepwater Horizon explosion. The resulting oil spill and its impact continues to grow throughout the Gulf of Mexico and, increasingly, across the nation. EarthEcho International's co-founder and CEO Philippe Cousteau has been working since the early days of the crisis to focus attention on the horrendous environmental damage caused by this disaster. He's also spent time talking with individuals in the affected communities about the heartbreaking impact on their lives. We have a clear choice—continue to pollute our planet or fight for a cleaner world.
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This site has been created to serve as a community resource and meeting space for the residents of Alabama. On these pages you will find community news, information and content related to the Deepwater Horizon response.
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This site has been created to serve as a community resource and meeting space for the residents of Florida. On these pages you will find community news, information and content related to the Deepwater Horizon response.
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This site has been created to serve as a community resource and meeting space for the residents of Louisiana. On these pages you will find community news, information and content related to the Deepwater Horizon response.
BP | Mississippi Gulf Response
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This site has been created to serve as a community resource and meeting space for the residents of Mississippi. On these pages you will find community news, information and content related to the Deepwater Horizon response.
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
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Citizens Working to Protect and Restore a Sustainable Coastal Louisiana. For over two decades the Coalition has worked to restore and protect coastal Louisiana. As the needs and dynamics of the coast have shifted so have the Coalition's objectives. But throughout the established and formidable history of the Coalition, our commitment to the sustainability of coastal Louisiana has never wavered.
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
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With the first wave of the oil slick expected to impact coastal Louisiana, CRCL is joining with our partners at the local, state and federal level to begin registering volunteers to assist with spill recovery efforts. As we prepare to engage volunteers in various aspects of this emergency, we realize the need to have financial resources to manage volunteers from transportation, feeding, housing and supplies to carry out a successful recovery, we ask you to please consider a online donation to the oil spill recovery effort.
Gulf Future Campaign - GulfFuture.org
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Gulf Future is a collaborative effort to raise awareness and increase public support for the communities along the Gulf coast affected by the BP oil drilling disaster. This campaign is the brainchild of the Gulf Coast Fund and the Gulf Restoration Network. In May, several folks from our two organizations took a tour of the devastation developing in the Gulf of Mexico and along the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Outraged and distressed by what we saw, and anticipating what the future might hold for these communities, GRN and GCF realized that nothing short of a nation-wide outcry about this catastrophe was necessary.
Thus the Gulf Future Campaign was formed. Our vision is a to mobilize supporters from across the nation to show their solidarity with the people of the Gulf Coast.
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill — Texas A&M University Libraries
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Oil Spill guide from Texas A&M University
Gulf Oil Spill Information Center (GOSIC)
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In service to the scientists at the 20 institutions that make up the Florida Institute of Oceanography, the University of South Florida Libraries are constructing an online data archive and information center concerning the Gulf oil spill.
Gulf Restoration Network - United for a Healthy Gulf
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The Gulf Restoration Network is committed to uniting and empowering people to protect and restore the natural resources of the Gulf Region for future generations.
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A New Orleans-based volunteer organization working on Gulf Coast clean up
How to Help the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Response | TakePart Social Action Network
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In the wake of the massive oil leak off the coast of Louisiana, many individuals and organizations are responding with offers of donations and manpower. Over a month has passed since the spill, and oil has begun to kill wildlife and wash ashore. The oil spill is already far larger than the 1989 Exxon Valdez accident that spilled at least 250,000 barrels of oil off the coast of Alaska.
Several wildlife organizations are moving teams into the region, and BP—which was leasing the now-sunken oil rig—has activated a hotline for those wishing to offer assistance.
LA Gulf Response: Louisiana Volunteer Program
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In the wake of the BP Oil Spill that is threatening our coast, local, regional and national conservation organizations are coordinating volunteers to assist in local, state and federal recovery efforts in Louisiana.
Our organizations - including the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program, the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation and The Nature Conservancy - are established, active advocates for the preservation and restoration of coastal Louisiana.
We are organizations with a history of on-the-ground work in Louisiana, and we are combining efforts and experience to implement an effective volunteer response and make a real difference in the BP Oil Spill recovery efforts.
Louisiana Environmental Action Network
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LEAN was founded to help Louisiana citizens change the balance of power and challenge the continued economic and ecological destruction that had become institutionalized in Lousiana. By empowering more than one hundred grassroots, community organizations, and countless individuals, LEAN has already helped in gaining a tremendous foothold in the war to make Louisiana's communities safer, healthier places to live. LEAN's expanded efforts will allow the progress already made to continue.
Louisiana Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue Program | Audubon Nature Institute
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Coordinated by Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, LMMSTRP is the primary responder for the state of Louisiana for rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing marine mammals (dolphins, whales and manatees) and sea turtles affected by the 2010 Gulf oil spill. Audubon and LMMSTRP are collaborating with NOAA, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the U.S. Coast Guard to ensure that we have the most up to date information about the oil spill and any possible animals in its path.
Mobile Bay National Estuary Program
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The Mobile Bay National Estuary Program's website provides information on the oil spill as well as volunteer opportunities for those in Alabama.
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The National Wildlife Federation provides volunteer and donation information as well as links to up-to-date news on the catastrophe.
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Oil Reporter is a pretty simple idea. We want people to share what they see and to allow that information to be shared with everyone. We believe that if people share what they see and that information can be placed on a map, it can help organizations and communities with their response efforts.
Available for the iPhone and Google Android.
Oil Reporter’s Adopt-A-Beach initiative will provide the opportunity for virtual volunteers to review high resolutions imagery of the Gulf Coast and to map data elements such as perimeters of oil presence and injured wildlife in remote areas where physical assessment access is limited. This also provides an opportunity for Oil Reporter photographs and video to be joined with high resolution imagery to provide greater understanding and provide an ability to share data from these sources back to the public.
Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010 - NOLA.com
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Latest news, photos, videos from the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling disaster from NOLA.com
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Save Our Gulf is an initiative by Waterkeeper Alliance to support the Gulf Waterkeepers fighting to protect the Gulf Coast’s communities and environment from the long-term devastating impacts of the BP oil disaster. We are your trustworthy source for updates from the front lines, transparent news and action.
The Nature Conservancy - Protecting Nature, Preserving Life
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The Nature Conservancy protects Earth's most important natural places — for you and future generations — through great science and smart partnerships.
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Founded in 1999 by environmental attorney and activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and several veteran Waterkeepers, Waterkeeper Alliance is a global movement of on-the-water advocates who patrol and protect over 100,000 miles of rivers, streams and coastlines in North and South America, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa.
Waterkeepers combine firsthand knowledge of their waterways with an unwavering commitment to the rights of their communities and to the rule of law. Whether they’re on the water tracking down polluters, in a courtroom advocating for stronger enforcement of environmental laws, in a town meeting rallying community support, or in a classroom educating young people, Waterkeepers defend their communities against anyone who threatens their right to clean water—from law-breaking polluters to unresponsive government agencies.
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This site is a joint project between students of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Dr. Mark Pokras of Tufts University's School of Veterinary Medicine and members of the wildlife rehabilitation community. Currently the site contains baseline hematology data and basic biological information for some avian and mammalian species. As time progresses we will be adding more species as well as information about diseases, parasites, management and current issues for each individual species. We hope to shape the future expansion around the needs of the wildlife rehabilitation community, so please take the time to fill out the survey.

