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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: What can we learn from this disaster?
Presented by: Audra Livergood, Will Underwood and Atziri Ibanez
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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: What can we learn from this disaster?
Presented by: Audra Livergood, Will Underwood and Atziri Ibanez
Your Presenters
Audra Livergood, Marine Resource Manager,
NOAA Fisheries
Will Underwood, Stewardship Coordinator,
Grand Bay NERR
Atziri Ibañez,NERRS National
Education Coordinator
What is an estuary? What are some examples of estuaries along the Gulf Coast?
PART ONE
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Poll QuestionPoll Question
a. The land area that drains water into a lake, river, or pond.b. The area where a river meets the ocean, where fresh and
salt water mix.c. The large body of salt water that covers most of the
earth's surface.d. The underground system that provides drinking water to
an area.
What is an estuary?
Deepwater Horizon oil spillOn Tuesday, April 20, 2010 an explosion rocked the oil
drilling platform.
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Five key estuaries in danger of being impacted by the oil spill
Mission Aransas NERR (Texas)
Weeks Bay NERR (Alabama)
MANERR Has the only naturally migrating population of whooping cranes in the world Total Acreage: 185,708 Designation: 2006
Weeks Bay NERR Provide habitat for rare and endangered species including the brown pelican, eastern indigo snake, and the Alabama red-bellied turtle. Total Acreage: 6,525 Designation: 1986
Apalachicola NERR (Florida)
Rookery Bay NERR (Florida)
Apalachicola NERR The West Indian manatee, the Indiana bat and the gray bat are endangered species that make their home at the Reserve Total Acreage: 246,000 Designation: 1979
Rookery Bay NERR Is a prime example of a nearly pristine subtropical mangrove forested estuary Total Acreage: 110,000 Designation: 1978
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How many class or activity periods of estuary instruction do your students receive in a typical school year?
[Place clip art on the continuum below]
1 to 2 classes per year
None
3 to 5 classes per year
6 to 15 classes per year
More than 15 classes per year
• Your Source for Learning and Teaching About Estuaries
• Video Gallery• Estuaries 101
Curriculum• Access to real-time
data with graphing capabilities
• Species Factsheets
http://estuaries.gov/
Resources 1Resources 1
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Let’s pause for questions
Where and what is the Grand Bay Reserve?
PART TWO
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About Grand Bay NERR (MS)
• Established in 1999
• Represents the Louisianian bio-geographic region
Approximately 18,000 acres (28 sq. mi.) of emergent marsh, pine flatwoods, and pine savannas
Grand Bay is located in the Northern Gulf of Mexico to the east of the Mississippi river
The drilling site was approximately 150 miles SSW of the Grand Bay NERR
Mobile delta area often influence the waters of the Grand Bay NERR
Bayou Heron
Bayou Cumbest
Grand Bay Reserve boundary
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How were the Grand Bay marshes formed?
• Where rivers meet the sea?
• Currently little freshwater input from uplands
• Pre-historic origin of marshes formed by Pascagoula and Escatawpa Rivers
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What makes Grand Bay important?• Marshes serve as
nursery ground
• Provides protection from dangerous storm surge
• Marshes filter nutrients
• Commercial and recreational fishing
• Outdoor recreation
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Natural & Anthropogenic Stressors• Hurricanes
• Erosion
• Invasive species
• Loss of sediments through dredging
• Decreased air and water quality
• Industrial disasters
• Overharvest of fishery
Mississippi Phosphates Spill
Estuaries 101 Curriculum
http://estuaries.gov/
What can we learn from ongoing monitoring at the Grand Bay Reserve?
PART THREE
I. Abiotic MonitoringWater Quality & Nutrients
Weather Parameters
II. Biological MonitoringHabitat Change
Biodiversity
III. Land Cover/Use and Habitat Change
Spatial Patterns
Human Impacts
System-Wide Monitoring ProgramObserving short-term variability and long-term changes in estuarine environments
Water quality data is collected at 15 or 30 minute intervals at 4 locations within or adjacent to a research reserve. Weather data is collected within or adjacent to
a research reserve at 5 second intervals.
Monitoring Water Quality & Weather Data
SWMP Data-logger
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Mapping, Monitoring, Research
• Critical for protection of natural resource
• Primary responsibility of research and stewardship staff in the reserve system
• Provides baseline information important in assessing damage from disasters
Fine-Scale Marsh Habitat Delineation
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Sea Grass Communities at GBNERR
• Data in the Classroom
• Three curriculum modules: El Nino, Sea Level & Water Quality
• Grades 6-8
• Downloadable materials
• Correlated to National Standards in Science, Mathematics , Geography & the Ocean Literacy Concepts
Resources 2Resources 2
http://www.dataintheclassroom.org
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Let’s pause for questions
How did the oil spill and the response effect the Grand Bay Reserve?
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• Rig explosion, 4/20
• Booming initiated, 5/4
• 1st rig debris/tarballs, 6/4
• 1st oil at reserve, 6/12
• Temporary cap installed, 7/15
• Targeted boom removal, 8/31
• Response ongoing
Sequence of Events
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Plan for the Worst
• Identify Critical Resources
• Review Existing Response Plans
• Prioritize Critical Areas…Limited Response Resource
• Identify Areas Sensitive to Response Damage
• Learn and Adapt to Incident Command System
• Begin Collecting Baseline Samples
• Provide Site Specific Technical Support
Contingency Plan outlines booming needed
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Extensive pre-oil samples were collected
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Poll QuestionPoll Question
Based on their research, scientists have learned that it is always preferable to clean up an oiled salt marsh as opposed to simply leaving it alone to recover naturally.
A True B False
Installing booming is a delicate process in shallow waters
Airboats were used to install boom
Three types of boom were installed
Hard boom
Pom-pom boom
Waiting for the Worst
Signs of the spill on GBNERR appeared as debris
Dispersed oil at GBNERR
Oiled boom at GBNERR
Large patches of oil were stranded on the GBNERR marshes
Storm events had a damaging effect on boom
Understanding key features of an estuary – key to protecting it
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Poll QuestionPoll Question
Which of the following factors may help the Gulf of Mexico to recover from the BP oil spill more quickly than did Prince William Sound after the Exxon Valdez spill? Warmer water temperature
Presence of natural oil eating microbes
Chemical composition of the crude spilled
None of the factors listed
All of the factors here listed
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What is NRDA? – Natural Resource Damage Assessment
• A legal process to determine - Injuries to or lost use of the public’s natural resources- Appropriate amount & type of restoration needed to offset losses
• NERR staff involved in technical working groups
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How do we clean up oil at Grand Bay?• In most cases, clean up
is not recommended in Juncus marshes
• Mechanical cleanup methods might harm sensitive habitats
• Environmental stewardship
• Important concept for students to understand and practice
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Opportunities for Restoration
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Long-Term Monitoring
• Continue shoreline assessment work to look for stranded oil
• PAH (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) sediment testing
• Continue monitoring natural resources
• Analyze trends in resource abundance
• Estuaries can serve as the nexus for teaching earth, life, and physical sciences
• Extensive research, mapping, and monitoring are necessary to analyze short and long-term changes/impacts from the oil spill
• Applying lessons learned, in terms of planning and response to past oil spills, can help better prepare our future leaders
• Understanding the impacts of the oil spill is a continuous process that will require direct observation and analysis of key archived and real-time data
Take Home Message
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Let’s pause for questions
Where can I find educational resources about estuaries and the oil spill?
PART FIVE
Teacher Professional Development Opportunities
• Visit the Estuaries.Gov site to find teacher training opportunities
• Sign-Up to receive the NERRS Education BulletinWe will announce upcoming opportunities
• Help Field Test the Estuaries 101 Middle Grade CurriculumAt the end of 2011 we will form a team of reviewers who will test the activities
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• Oil Spill Educational Resources
• Multimedia• Animation • Lessons and
Activities• Real World Data• Background
Information• Career Profiles
Resources 3Resources 3
http://www.education.noaa.gov/Ocean_and_Coasts/Oil_Spill.html
NOAA Oil Spill ResourcesTeaching Resources About Estuarieshttp://Estuaries.Gov
NOAA Deepwater Horizon Archivehttp://www.noaa.gov/deepwaterhorizon/
NOAA Oil Spill Educational Resourceshttp://www.education.noaa.gov/Ocean_and_Coasts/Oil_Spill.html
Quiz: Prince William's Oily Mess: A Tale of Recoveryhttp://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/stories/oilymess/welcome.html
Exploring the Gulf of Mexico's Deep-Sea Ecosystems Education Materials Collectionhttp://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/edu/guide/welcome.html
NOAA Office of Response & Restoration (activities for the classroom0http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/audience_catalog.php?RECORD_KEY%28audience_chosen%29=audience_id&audience_id(audience_chosen)=2
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List of “Other” Oil Spill ResourcesCOSEE series of PowerPoints and hands-on activities http://coseenow.net/blog/oil-spill-resources/
The Bridgehttp://www2.vims.edu/bridge/search/bridge1output_menu.cfm?q=spill
Oil Spill Impacts on Coastal Wetlands of the Mississippi River Deltahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syGM13egoc0
Smithsonian Ocean Portal Oil Spill Pagehttp://ocean.si.edu/ocean-and-you/gulf-oil-spill
The Gulf Loop Current Activityhttp://www.utmsi.utexas.edu/beach_debris/content/pdf/gulf-loop-current.pdf
EE Week's Oil Spill Resources offer a webinar on Teaching About the Gulf Oil Spill http://www.eeweek.org/oil_spill.htm
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Thank you!
For more information:Re: Estuaries in the National Estuarine
Research Reserve System – Contact: Atziri Ibanez ([email protected])
Learn more: NOAA Deepwater Horizon Archive
http://www.noaa.gov/deepwaterhorizon/
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