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Post Oil Spill: Task Force Releases Gulf Coast Restoration Plan
October 6, 2011
A year after its creation, a federal task force on Wednesday released a draft report outlining a strategy to restore the ecosystem along the Gulf Coast, which has been ravaged by years of development and neglect.
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, chaired by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, is requesting public comment before turning in its final report to the President Barak Obama.
Major areas of concern involve reducing nutrient flows into the Gulf, restoring wetlands and providing economic development options to coastal communities from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.
The task force was formed in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The public comment period ends October 26.
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