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Your support is needed!

I am extremely grateful for the guidance and support of local environmental non-profits dedicated to the crisis after the BP oil disaster, who have provided wonderful insight. However, I am in need of financial support to make this project a … Continue reading

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MSU Bozeman Interview

Here’s an interview that came out on the university homepage today: Films shot by MSU students used in Gulf oil spill PSAs June 21, 2010 — Carol Schmidt, MSU News Service Devon Riter, a South Dakota native who came to … Continue reading

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Dr. Gina Solomon – NRDC

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. … Continue reading

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Earthea Nance, PhD

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 … Continue reading

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Interview with Devon – Aberdeen News

Read an interview with Devon: Filming a disaster: Area native in Gulf documenting oil spill

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Momentum

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 … Continue reading

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Byron Encalad – an oyster fisherman

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 … Continue reading

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KTVM interview

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 … Continue reading

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Boston Globe – The Big Picture

These are some pretty powerful and depressing pictures that the Boston Globe posted today. I’m horrified to see them, but grateful that they are getting out there! http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/oil_reaches_louisiana_shores.html

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Day #16 – The Price of Gas

Oil continues to wash ashore along more and more of Louisiana’s coast.  The marshlands, barrier islands, and sandy beaches that border the Gulf aren’t exactly popular tourist destinations at the moment.  However, the local people we have been staying with … Continue reading

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What went wrong…

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The numbers…

6,000,000: The number of gallons of oil that spilled in the first week. 840,000: The number of barrels that spill a day.  42,000: The number of barrels of oil per day that BP said were leaking.  11,000,000: The number of … Continue reading

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Gulf oil spill much worse than originally estimated!!!

Although BP would like us to believe that the spill is small compared to the size of the Gulf and the amount of water volume in the region (?!?!?!), scientists have been able to determine that the amount spewing out … Continue reading

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Day #6 – Rosina

We finally have a rough cut.  It profiles one of the individuals we met and a few of the issues that people are dealing with in coastal Louisiana.   This would be something we hope groups like the Gulf Restoration Network … Continue reading

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Bozeman-Denver

Well, we made it safely to Denver and are preparing for our continued journey tomorrow. We discussed a lot of the story ideas and ways that we could best portray and document the stories that are arising due to this … Continue reading

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