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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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Greenhill Oil Spill
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Post restoration/marsh platform construction. A cell that did not perform well.All of the other cells were extremely successful.
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Post restoration.
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A pond in the natural marsh on East Timbalier Island.
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Natural marsh, East Timbalier Island.
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A berm, early restoration/construction.
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A walkway created to monitor the marsh platform. This image was taken priorto any planting that was done at the restoration site.
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This image shows the process of sediment deposition and was taken duringconstruction. The dredged sediments are left to settle and and lose water beforebeing used to construct the marsh platform.
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Spartina alterniflora planted at the restoration site is in its fourth growingseason.
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A berm early in the construction process.
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Spartina alterniflora planted at the restoration site is in its fourth growingseason.
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A site visit to monitor at the berm on the backside of the marsh platform afterconstruction of the platform but prior to planting.
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Black mangrove in the natural marsh on East Timbalier Island.
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