Photos From the Gulf

Flickr.com: View images from the Gulf by Hurricane Creekkeeper John Wathen and others on the Save Our Gulf Flickr page.

Media

Click here for information reported about the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the local, national and international media.

Field Observation & Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA)

• Natural Resources Damage: A Primer: Answers to common questions about natural resource damages.
• Field Observation Process: Information about our Field Observation (NRDA) Report tool.
  • Online Field Observation Report Form: Submit a new Field Observation (NRDA) Report.
  • Printable Field Observation Report Form: Download a copy of our Field Observation (NRDA) Report form.
• • Submitted Early Restoration Projects by State: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida (Project lists will be linked as they are publically released)
  • NRDA Submitted Projects: Any citizen, environmental group, oil company, or governmental agency (local, state, or federal) can submit restoration projects. This map shows all the projects submitted so far. 

Tracking Oil Spill Pollution in the Gulf of Mexico

• Gulf Monitoring Consortium: Waterkeeper Alliance, SkyTruth and SouthWings
• SkyTruth: Non-profit that uses satellite images to track ongoing oil pollution
• SouthWings: Alliance of volunteer pilots that brings Waterkeepers in the air to find environmental degradation
• Wikipedia page on Oil Spills

SkyTruth pulls NRC reports onto a map of the Gulf of Mexico daily. Check out how many spills, leaks and other forms of oil industry pollution is being reported everyday on the Gulf Coast.

SkyTruth image with data from Florida State University: Natural seepage location near the Macondo well

Crude Oil

• Crude Oil & Human Health: How exposure to crude oil effects the human body.
• How Much Oil Has Leaked Into the Gulf of Mexico?: An automatic ticker application created by PBS Newshour.

Dispersants

• Dispersants: Human Health: How the dispersants used on the oil spill effect the human body.
• Dispersants: Composition & MSDS: Information about the chemical composition of dispersants being used to address the oil spill.

Using SaveOurGulf.org

Click here for tutorial videos about using the tools available on this web site.

If volunteering for Mobile Baykeeper and Alabama Coastal Foundation, please click here to review their volunteer site and training videos.

Learn More

Click here for links to disaster and disaster relief information on other Web sites.