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Story Archive
December 2013 (1)
12/06: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trustees Invite Public Comment on $627 Million in Proposed Early Restoration Gulf Projects [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
September 2013 (1)
09/24: Deep sea ecosystem may take decades to recover from Deepwater Horizon spill [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
June 2013 (1)
06/04: Natural Resource Trustees to Hold Public Meetings on Gulf of Mexico Restoration [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
January 2013 (1)
01/08: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trustees Extend Gulf Restoration Comment Period to Feb. 19 [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
November 2012 (1)
11/08: Deepwater HorizonNatural Resource Trustees Call for Public Input on Next Round of Gulf Restoration [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
April 2012 (1)
04/18: Deepwater HorizonNatural Resource Trustees Announce Major Progress in Gulf Restoration Effort [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
December 2011 (1)
12/14: Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Trustees Call for Public Input on Early Restoration of the Gulf [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
October 2011 (1)
10/27: NOAA finds bacterial infection as cause of death for five northern Gulf dolphins; investigation continues [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
April 2011 (1)
04/21: NRDA Trustees announce $1 billion agreement to fund early Gulf Coast restoration projects [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
February 2011 (1)
02/19: Federal Natural Resource Trustees Announce Next Step in BP Deepwater Horizon Spill Gulf Restoration Process [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
November 2010 (1)
11/04: Federal & Academic Scientists Return from Deep-sea Research Cruise in Gulf of Mexico [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
October 2010 (2)
10/21: NOAA, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Audubon Nature Institute Return Sea Turtles to Gulf Waters [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
10/04: Transcript: NOAA Administrator’s Keynote Address on NOAA Science and the Gulf Oil Spill [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
September 2010 (3)
09/29: Resource Restoration Planning Process Begins for BP/Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
09/27: Notice of Intent to Conduct Restoration Planning [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
09/07: No Dead Zones Observed or Expected as Part of BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
August 2010 (1)
08/04: Federal Science Report Details Fate of Oil from BP Spill [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
July 2010 (7)
07/30: NOAA: Gulf’s Surface Oil Not a Threat to Southern Florida, Keys and East Coast [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
07/28: Update on NOAA’s Oil Spill Research and Response Missions [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
07/23: Second Federal Analysis Gives Further Clues about Location and Movement of Subsurface Oil [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
07/21: NOAA Releases Data Report on Air Quality Measurements Near the Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill Area [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
07/09: NOAA, U.S., Brazilian Partners Send Ship to Study Corals, Water Column for Gulf Oil Spill Response [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
07/08: Protecting Wild Dolphins During the Gulf Oil Spill [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
07/02: NOAA Models Long-Term Oil Threat to Gulf and East Coast Shoreline [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
June 2010 (7)
06/29: NOAA, FDA, and Gulf Coast State Officials Affirm Commitment to Ensuring Safety of Gulf Coast Seafood [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
06/23: Administration’s Joint Analysis Group Releases First Scientific Report on Subsea Monitoring data from Gulf Spill [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
06/17: NOAA Conducts Tests to Determine Fate of Whale Found Dead in Gulf of Mexico [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
06/14: Federal Agencies Introduce Online Mapping Tool to Track Gulf Response [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
06/13: Update on NOAA’s Oil Spill Research Missions [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
06/08: NOAA Deploys Additional High Powered Research Aircraft to Gulf to Help Monitor Air Quality [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
06/08: NOAA Completes Initial Analysis of Weatherbird II Water Samples [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
May 2010 (4)
05/28: UNH Coastal Response Research Center, NOAA, EPA and Coast Guard Convene Science Meeting to Study Dispersant Use and Ecosystem Impacts of Dispersed Oil in the Gulf of Mexico [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
05/28: NOAA Assists With Multi-Agency Effort to Decontaminate Ships Passing through Oil Spill [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
05/26: NOAA, Navy Partner to Monitor Ocean Conditions Near Spill Area [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
05/24: NOAA Baseline Sampling of Sediment, Shellfish and Water Sets Stage for BP Oil Spill Damage Assessment [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]