Dr. Gina Solomon is a senior scientific advisor for the Natural Resources Defense Council. She and other scientists have volunteered their time to help with sampling oil-affected regions and educating local fishermen about the dangers of exposure to the oil.
You can keep up with what she’s doing on her blog.
Dr. Earthea Nance is a scientist from the University of New Orleans, who has been involved in community outreach for local fishing communities. Together with Dr. Gina Solomon (NRDC), she has been measuring air and water quality in the Gulf Coast areas that have been affected by the BP oil drilling disaster.
Read an interview with Devon:
Devon will be in Michigan for the month of June working on a promotional film for the university, and I am heading to Göteborg, Sweden to pick up my daughter, Hannah, for the summer.
We will continue to work on the PSAs that we will be handing over to conservation groups, and the next two months will be dedicated to cutting together the 10-minute documentary about the shrimp fishermen in the Grand Bayou Village.
This story is far from completely told, and we plan to return to the Philippe family towards the end of the summer. In the meantime, we hope to increase awareness about the effects of this enormous disaster on the local communities in this region. Their stories are often the ones that never get told…
On our original trip in the Grand Bayou, we also met Byron Encalad, an oyster fisherman. His life and livelihood will be greatly affected by the BP oil drilling disaster.
Devon and I have been back in Bozeman since Monday night, but our hearts and thoughts are still with the people in the Grand Bayou village. The news of the fishing closure on Monday was heartbreaking for us, and we realize the consequence that this will have on all the people that we met on our trip.
Jessica Debbas, a reporter from KTVM in Bozeman, interviewed us this morning about our trip down to the Gulf Coast region.
You can follow this link to see it!
Look in the local news section of the videos (MSU students in Gulf Coast).
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