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Restoration
Eight new projects to receive restoration funding
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Dec 9 -
Seven restoration projects throughout the Gulf of Mexico region
were chosen to receive funding through the 2005 NOAA Gulf of Mexico Community-based
Restoration Program. The eight projects for 2005 are:
· Bohemian Park Stream Restoration (Alabama)
· Project GreenShores Site 2 (Florida)
· Lafayette Middle School E-Watchers (Louisiana)
· Peveto Beach Sand Fencing (Louisiana)
· Plant Nursery for Tidal Marsh Restoration (Mississippi)
· Long Lake Marsh Restoration (Texas)
· Scenic Galveston Nature Preserve Invasive Species Control (Texas) |
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Bahia Grande Greenhouse
dedicated in Brownsville
Dec
7 - About
100 people gathered at the University of Texas at
Brownsville today to celebrate the renovation of a greenhouse on
campus which will help support
student and community projects
associated
with the Bahia Grande
Wetlands
Restoration Project. The greenhouse
renovation was paid for by a grant from the Gulf of Mexico
Foundation/NOAA Community-based Restoration Program that began in 2003.
Ocean Trust is the non-profit organization that received the grant and
oversaw the renovation.
View online slide show.
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Awards
GMF accepts Gulf Guardian Award at banquet
Dec 1 - The Gulf of Mexico
Foundation accepted the first place 2004 Gulf Guardian Award in the
Civic/Nonprofit Organization category during the awards presentation
held aboard the Creole Queen Riverboat on Dec 1 in New Orleans.
Read on.
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Conservation
GMF supports hazardous
container removal project
Oct
25-28 - the Gulf of Mexico Foundation took part in a hazardous container recovery project
this week on Matagorda Island in Texas
– a joint effort of state and federal agencies.
The four-day-long project, spearheaded by the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality, removed 149 drums, buckets and other containers suspected of containing hazardous
materials which had washed up on the island over the past year.
To help support the project, the GMF is reporting on the annual "Drum
Run" through photographs and information on its website.
Read on.
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Partnerships
Coastal Wine Tour finishes
year in Rosemary Beach
Oct
22-24 - The Gulf of Mexico Foundation's Executive Director, Dr. Quenton Dokken,
left, joined Compass Marketing President J. Gary Ellis at this year's
final Coastal Wine Tour in Rosemary Beach, Florida, Oct 22-24. The
wine tour's organizers (Compass Marketing and Southern Breeze
Magazine) help to promote the Gulf of Mexico
Foundation by providing booth space at each event and including
information about the Foundation in marketing materials for the event.
Read on.
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GMF adds new board members
The Gulf of Mexico
Foundation added four new members to its Board of Directors this fall. The new members are Hugh DePland of Texas,
J. Gary Ellis of Alabama,
Paul Kelly of Texas and Margaret Miller of Mississippi.
Read on.
New GMF staff

Kendal Keyes replaces Eliana
Walker at the Gulf of Mexico Foundation. Following the birth of
their son, Ms. Walker moved to Guam with her husband where he
will work as a pilot. In her new position, Ms. Keyes is charged with office duties and
grant administration at the GMF headquarters in
Corpus Christi. She also coordinates the
Community-based Restoration Project and its steering committee,
assists project leaders with reporting and handles all commun-ications, e-mail, and phone calls.
Read on.
GMF attends CAST conference
Nov 4-6 - Richard Gonzales, GMF project leader, attended the
Conference for the Advancement of Science
Teaching (CAST) in Corpus Christi, Texas Nov 4-6.
From the GMF's booth, Gonzales visited with hundreds of
the 3,500 participants, promoting the
Down Under Out
Yonder teacher dive workshops and the GMF
Science
& Spanish Club Network.
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