The Nature Coast Coalition strives to unite communities and organizations along Florida's Nature Coast to protect these last, best places in our state. Help us share information and resources that help us work together to conserve our natural heritage.
October 20th marks six months of BP’s oil drilling disaster in the Gulf. The disaster has taken its toll on the coast, and impacts will be felt by real people for decades. Reforms are urgently needed to prevent future disasters, and the Gulf’s people and places need lasting, continued support to recover.
“We have to make ourselves heard with one voice: the oil is still here, and so are we,” said Cynthia Sarthou, executive director of Gulf Restoration Network.
“The most visible impact in Florida communities has been an economic one. Our job market is fully dependent upon tourism. Beach and coastal businesses are closing right and left,” said Chasidy Hobbs, the Emerald Coastkeeper in Pensacola, FL, “We’ve been much luckier than our neighboring states, but that being said … every week, we get more patches of oil bubbling up in the bays and tarballs coming in.”
http://healthygulf.org/files_reports/BP_Drilling_Disaster/Weeks_Bay_Principles.pdf
