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This Alabama-based conservation organizations provides information about volunteer efforts as well as donations.
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 Coast Fund Volunteer Information
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List of volunteer opportunities by state.
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 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.
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.
International Bird Rescue Research Center
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News, views and photos from IBRRC's worldwide work with oiled, sick and injured aquatic birds
International Bird Rescue | How to Help: 2010 Gulf Oil Spill Response
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While those responsible for this spill are covering the cost of the Gulf clean-up, you can support the work of the non-profit organizations currently on the ground responding to oiled wildlife.
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The Louisiana Bucket Brigade is a 501(c)(3) environmental health and justice organization working with communities that neighbor the state's oil refineries and chemical plants. The EPA-approved “bucket" is a simple, community friendly tool that fenceline neighbors use to take air samples. We complement the community group by adding a level of technical expertise to their work. We provide this tool and training to community members to monitor and expose industrial pollution as it happens. We assist residents in their fight to reduce pollution and protect public health. We work with community groups to help them take air samples and achieve their goals, be it relocation away from a polluting facility, reduced pollution, or a moratorium on facility expansions. The more evidence the communities gather, the more power they have to attain their goals.
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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The Our Home, Louisiana Coalition is a partnership founded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to provide support to the people of the Louisiana Coast who are affected by the crisis in the Gulf. Our focus is on the health and welfare of the people in these coastal parishes, so coalition partners will be providing health screenings, stress relief programs, public health information, employment resources and access to agencies like the United Way that can help assist with relief efforts.
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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.
SCHOLR (Student Coalition to Help the Oil Leak Relief) @ LSU
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A Facebook page for organizing volunteer efforts at LSU
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.
Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research
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Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research has been responding to wildlife involved in oil spills since 1976. Tri-State has a trained, dedicated staff on call 24-hours-a-day to respond to wildlife contaminated by oil spills anywhere in the world. Tri-State is one of only two organizations in the country that can professionally manage a response to a major spill. Rehabilitation of oiled wildlife is a complex, crisis-oriented endeavor. Tri-State takes a teamwork approach to oil spill training and response, stressing the need for regulatory agencies, responsible parties, state and federal wildlife professionals, colleagues in wildlife care, and concerned citizens to work together both in preparations for and response to oil spills.
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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.

