Disaster Recovery Fund Drive For Gulf of Mexico Parks

[jpurdy]

As millions of gallons of crude oil continue to flow into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, the National Park Foundation is mounting a campaign to raise money to help national park units affected by the disaster.

So far the only impact the parks along the Gulf Coast -- Padre Island National Seashore, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Everglades National Park, Dry Tortugas National Park, De Soto National Memorial, Big Cypress National Preserve, and Biscayne National Park -- have reported are some tar balls coming ashore at one of the islands that make up Gulf Islands.

Still, with no end in sight to this disaster, the parks will truly be fortunate if no other impacts are reported. With that in mind, the National Park Foundation has launched a drive for its National Parks Disaster Recovery Fund.

http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com...xico-parks5904

http://nationalparks.org/

[Bigdog57]

A friend living in northwest Floida has reported tarballs coming ashore at Pensacola. So far the prevailing currents had kept the junk west of us, on Lousianna's coast. But we know it is coming.........
I can remember some thirty years back when a big spill occured and we had tar balls at local beaches and Panam City a bit west of us.
Hope we can avoid a truly devastating event here....... :o