Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

$85.5M being spent to restore Gulf Coast

Members of the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund Advisory Board spent months reviewing possible projects to finance with $85.5 million in Restore Act money. The funds are to help the environment and economy recover after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.…

Land and funding acquired for conservation

The first land acquisition from the Deepwater Horizon settlement in Mississippi is complete. In 2010, there was a large oil spill in the Deepwater Horizon, which resulted in a settlement to the state of Mississippi. Now in 2019, the Natural…

Funding and land acquired to help conservation

The first land acquisition from the Deepwater Horizon Settlement in Mississippi is complete. News 25’s Jaylon Morris is at the Grand Bay Coastal Resources Center in Jackson County with more.

Funding and land acquired to help conservation

The Gulf Coast is finally getting the relief they need to help restore critical ecosystems that were destroyed in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Jackson County more than 1,500 acres of essential coastal wildlife habitat in reserves and sanctuaries…

BP oil money restoration projects

It’s been over seven years since the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, but money from BP continues to flow into the area. News 25’s Payton Malone met up with leaders of a few projects benefiting from the funds. The Deepwater Horizon…