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Greenhill Oil Spill - East Timbalier Island
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Greenhill Oil Spill - East Timbalier Island
Greenhill Oil Spill - East Timbalier Island
Approximately 22 acres of intertidal marsh and hurricane overwash area have been planted with Spartina alterniflora in an effort to restore salt marsh habitat on East Timbalier Island. Prior to restoration, the marsh was damaged by an oil well blowout in the Timbalier Bay oil field.
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The second season plants.
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Planted plugs of Spartina alterniflora, early in the planting process.
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1st season planting.
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Plants after the first growing season now into the second growing season.
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Spartina alterniflora was planted at several cell sites around East TimbalierIsland. This cell was not very successful. The Spartina did not take well as theplatform substrate was determined to be too high for Spartina to flourish.
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This image shows the dredging process. Cells are being filled with dredgematerials.
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This image shows East Timbalier post hurricane Andrew,pre restoration.
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This image shows the sheen that occurred after the blow out. It runs throughthe boom and out the cuts in the island created by Hurricane Andrew.
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During the spill at the well blow out site, oil on the Gulf side of EastTimbalier Island.
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This image was taken early in restoration and shows the GreenhillOil Facility and the berm building process.
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An image of the plants during the third season of growth.
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Post restoration, this image shows the cell that did not perform well afterbeing planted with Spartina alterniflora. The platform was considered too highto promote colonization of Spartina.
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This image was taken after the oil spill but before restoration construction ofthe marsh platforms. Birds roost at the restoration site.
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Fall marsh at East Timbalier Island.
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Spartina alterniflora in its second or third season, post restoration.
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Early restoration planting.
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Spartina alterniflora in its third growing season, post restoration.
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Monitoring growth of the marsh plants after year two of the growing season.
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During restoration construction of the marsh platform, sediments beingpumped into the cells created to contain the dredge material.
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During restoration construction of the marsh platform, sediments beingpumped into the cells created to contain the dredge material.
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