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Photography

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B-roll footage

All footage available for download here

  • Oyster restoration at Grand Isle, Louisiana
    (b-roll_Grand_Isle_oysters.mp4)
  • Oyster restoration at Vermilion Bay, Louisiana
    (b-roll_Vermilion_Bay_oysters.mp4)
  • Oyster restoration using reef balls and marsh buggies in Alabama
    (oyster restore_reef balls buggies.mov)
  • Vietnamese fishing community are hired to bag oysters for oyster reef restoration in Alabama
    (vietnamese_bagging shells.mov)
  • 100-1000: Restore Coastal Alabama – 500+ volunteers participate in oyster restoration in Mobile Bay, Alabama
    (100-1000 volunteer restoration.mov)
  • Mobile Bay landscapes – boots in the water
    (Mobile Bay Landscapes.mov)
  • Seafood/shrimp production in the Gulf
    (seafood_b-roll.mp4)
  • Shrimp dock
    (shrimp_dock_b-roll.mp4)
Project Videos

All footage available for download here

  • Oyster restoration at Grand Isle, Louisiana
    (grand isle oyster restoration.mp4)
  • Oyster restoration at Vermilion Bay, Louisiana
    (vermilion bay_restoration.mp4)
  • 100-1000: Restore Coastal Alabama project in Mobile Bay
    (100-1000 volunteer restoration.mov)
Factsheets
Maps
Leadership in the Gulf

View profiles of the staff leading our efforts in the Gulf of Mexico.

Cindy Brown | Director, Gulf Of Mexico Program
Dr. Jorge Brenner | Associate Director Of Marine Science
Seth Blitch | Director Of Coastal And Marine Conservation
Thomas Mohrman | Marine Program Manager
Jeff DeQuattro | Coastal Projects Manager
Laura Geselbracht | Senior Marine Scientist

reef balls and marsh buggyThe Nature Conservancy and partners use marsh buggies to guide a set of concrete reef balls into place at Helen Wood Park. © Andrew Kornylak

Alabama: oyster restoration with reef balls and marsh buggies
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mesh oyster bagsWorkers from the Vietnamese fishing community fill mesh bags with oyster shells to be used in oyster restoration projects in Alabama. © Andrew Kornylak

Alabama: Vietnamese community employed for oyster restoration
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Gulf shrimp productionThe Gulf of Mexico produces 40% of the seafood consumed in the United States. © Andrew Kornylak

Alabama: Gulf seafood production
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oyster restoration in Helen Wood Park23,000 bags of oysters line the edge of a mud flat on Mobile Bay in Alabama in preparation for 500 volunteers to build an artificial oyster reef in the Gulf. © Erika Nortemann/TNC

Alabama: Wildlife and Restoration
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Topsail Hill, FloridaTopsail Hill in Florida. © Jeff Ripple

Florida: Landscape – Topsail Hill
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Loggerhead turtleLoggerhead sea turtle. © TNC

Florida: Wildlife – Loggerhead sea turtle
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coral restoration in Florida KeysDivers prepare cement blocks in a water nursery for growing coral near the Florida Keys. © Meaghan Johnson/TNC

Florida: Coral Reef Restoration
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mississippi river deltaThe Mississippi River delta and river channel below New Orleans, Louisiana. © 2010 Bridget Besaw

Louisiana: Mississippi River Delta
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cement ringsCement rings used in oyster restoration in Vermilion Bay, Louisiana. © Amy Kyle Smith/TNC

Louisiana: Oyster Reef Restoration in Vermilion Bay
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oyster restoration_vermilion bayCement rings used as an oyster restoration technique in Vermilion Bay, Louisiana. © Jay Harrod/TNC

Louisiana: Oyster restoration in Vermilion Bay
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Grand Bay, MississippiGrand Bay in Mississippi's Gulf of Mexico. © Stacey Shankle/TNC

Mississippi: Grand Bay
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shrimp boats in mississippiShrimp boats along the Gulf coast in Biloxi, Mississippi. © 2011 Erika Nortemann/TNC

Mississippi: Economy – Shrimp boats
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reefblks in TexasOyster reef restoration along the Texas coast near Mad Island Marsh Preserve, using ReefBLKs. © Mark Dumesnil/TNC

Texas: Oyster Restoration with ReefBLKs
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fishing in galveston, texasFisherman in late afternoon surf in Galveston, TX. © Ron Wooten

Texas: Recreation – Fishing in Galveston
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waterfowl in texasWading birds forage on oyster reefs in Texas. © Erika Nortemann/TNC

Texas: Wildlife – Waterfowl forage among oyster reefs
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catch of the dayThe day's catch on display on the dock in Port Aransas, Texas. © Erika Nortemann/TNC

Texas: Catch of the Day
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oil boomOil containment booms lay along an artificial oyster reef near the coast of Grand Isle on the Louisiana Gulf Coast to protect the shoreline from floating oil released from the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill. © 2010 Bridget Besaw

Oil Spill: Oil Boom is placed along oyster restoration projects to protect shoreline.
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mississippi delta marshlandAerial view of the extended marshland comprising the Mississippi delta. Oil and natural gas wellheads, with maintenance and loading facilities, dot the channels which, in many cases where dredged through the delta for energy exploration and recovery. © 2010 Bridget Besaw

Oil Spill: Oil Rigs Dot the Gulf of Mexico
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oiled pelicanA Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) coated with oil from the 2010 British Petroleum Gulf of Mexico oil spill, sitting on a rock jetty along the Louisiana gulf coast. © 2010 Bridget Besaw

Oil Spill: An Oiled Pelican off the coast of Louisiana
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GOM_Oil Spill cleanupUsing suction pumps, cleanup crews attempt to remove crude oil polluting the beach at Louisiana's East Grand Terre Island. © 2010 Bridget Besaw

Oil Spill: Crews Work to Clean Up Oil from BP Oil Spill in 2010
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Media Contacts

To line up an interview with Conservancy staff, schedule a trip to a Conservancy restoration site, or to request additional story information, please contact:

 

Christine Griffiths
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