Blog Post-Delilah Kelly:Gulf Coast Environmental Destruction Highlighted By BP Oil Spill

  For decades dirty water and decaying ecosystems were ignored along the shores. That is until the BP oil spill accident. After more than a year has passed by the US Department of Agriculture has presented a three year 50 million dollar initiative that advocates to improve the water qualities along our coasts. With this newly established initiative researchers believe that there will be a greater amount of emphasis placed on the preservation of our ecosystems. The goal of this new initiative is to implement programs that aim to cleanse waterways by working with researchers to improve agricultural land use practices and technology usage. The oil spill was detrimental to the wildlife destroying the ecological and economial value of the Gulf Coast. Therefore this new, Gulf of Mexico, initiative serves as the first step to prevent pollution and to create and use more advanced technology. All of this in efforts to assist in reducing the amounts of erosion and environmental destruction within the Gulf Coast Habitat. This financial opportunity has been a great addition for farmers and ranchers to be actively involved in making a drastic improvement in agriculture life.

     Despite the length of time it has taken for there to be an active response to this particular environmental catastrophe, the Gulf of Mexico initiative is imperative for the regrowth of our ecosystems and the protection of other links within our environment that were drastically affected by the oil spill. Financial support from government funded organizations will be vital in the success of the many programs that are being implemented to improve equipment, technology, and all around agricultural upkeep. 

Plushnick-Masti, R. (2012, January 29). Gulf coast environmental destruction highlighted by bp oil spill . Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/29/gulf-coast-environment-destruction_n_1240012.html