Gulf Oil Spill Update

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Gulf Oil Spill Update
9 June 2010, 12:31 pm

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

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[/size]CCA Gulf State chapters standing by to lend assistance in cleanup efforts[/font][/i]

[/size][/color]In response to the tragic rig explosion and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Coastal Conservation Association chapters along the Gulf Coast have offered assistance to state agencies as they enact plans for clean-up efforts. [/size][/color]“Our chapters have been in contact with the appropriate fish and game management agencies in each state and have notified their local membership that they may be needed in the coming weeks and months to do some heavy lifting to protect and restore our coastal environment,” said Pat Murray, CCA president. “The concern from our membership has been overwhelming. I’m confident when and if we are asked to assist, we will have no shortage of volunteers ready and willing to do whatever they can to help.”[/size][/color]A massive clean-up effort is already underway in the Gulf of Mexico even as more oil is leaking from the well where a devastating explosion and fire sank the Deepwater Horizon rig 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana almost two weeks ago.[/size]

[/color][size=small]“Anglers know better than almost anyone of both the value and fragile nature of coastal wetlands, and our members are dedicated to the health of our shared coastal marine resources,” said David Cresson, executive director of CCA Louisiana. “This is a serious situation that poses a real threat to our fisheries and we stand ready to do anything we can to protect our coastal resources.”[/size][size=16pt][/color]

[/color][/size]As the spill has progressed and repeated efforts to cap the well have struggled, it has become more apparent that Gulf Coast residents can expect a significant impact from this event. CCA and its army of volunteers will be a critical part of clean-up efforts as those projects are defined. Additionally, now more than ever the role of habitat restoration and creation will be vital. CCA’s Building Conservation habitat program will be an important tool in the long-term recovery of the Gulf Coast.[/font][/size] 

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[/size]CCA Invited to Testify before

[/size]United States[/size] House of Representatives on Oil Spill[/font]

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[/size]David Cresson, executive director of CCA Louisiana, will testify before the House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife of the Committee this week on the short and long term impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.  Cresson’s comments will address issues ranging from the economic impacts of the spill to the damage being done to the lives of coastal residents all along the Gulf Coast who depend on recreational angling.

[/color][/size]“There have not been many challenges in the past 25 years that the members of CCA have not met head on, with their eyes clearly on the horizon. What I see now is a remarkably committed group of people who, for the moment at least, simply don’t know where to even begin,” says Cresson. “However, I have no doubt that we will find a way to reverse this disaster. I am confident that these darkest of days will be beaten back by the people of Louisiana and the other Gulf States through the same types of projects that have defined CCA since the beginning. We will rebuild reef by reef, acre by acre, fish by fish.”

[/size]Cresson was one of a handful of Gulf residents invited to testify before the Subcommittee.

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