https://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/it-still-hurts-my-heart/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/tarball-chronicles.jpgTarball-Chronicles2012-01-13T18:54:56+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/strategy-for-restoring-the-gulf-of-mexico/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/img_6838.jpgIMG_6838Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in a sea of oil boom - July 20102011-08-03T16:57:30+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/delta-dispatches-ongoing-gulf-news/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/deltadispatch.jpgdeltadispatch2011-08-03T16:51:29+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/not-all-gloom-doom/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/gellis_20110423_5750.jpggellis_20110423_5750 https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/gellis_20110423_5747.jpggellis_20110423_57472011-04-28T00:04:28+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/574/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_8591.jpgIMG_8591 2011-04-25T15:29:30+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/we-have-met-the-enemy-and-he-is-us/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/pogo-poster.jpgpogo-poster 2011-04-19T22:53:39+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/bp-oil-spill-what-can-i-do/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_3888.jpgIMG_3888Your voice can help the Gulf - contact you senator and congressman.https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_9102.jpgIMG_9102 2011-04-19T19:42:21+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/a-cat-on-its-ninth-life/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/gellis_20110326_3350.jpggellis_20110326_3350BP oiled marsh in Bay Jimmy burnt to "cleanup" the problem - excelling erosion by 20-30 feet along the marsh edge.https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/img_02222.jpgIMG_0222Over 4,000 miles of channels have been sliced through the Louisiana bayous to expedite access to and delivery of oil and gas - one half of a deadly duo killing America's aquatic heartlands.https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/img_02221.jpgIMG_0222Over 4,000 miles of channels have been sliced through the Louisiana bayous to expedite access to and delivery of oil and gas - one half of a deadly duo killing America's aquatic heartlands.https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/gellis_20110326_3069.jpggellis_20110326_3069One of the most spectacular birds in the world, the Roseate Spoonbill, calls the disappearing Cat Islands home - at least for now.https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/gellis_20110326_31421.jpggellis_20110326_3142Refusing to accept the inevitable - Brown Pelicans cling to the last few inches of what remains of a mangrove marsh in the disintegrating Cat Islands, Barataria Bay, Louisiana.https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/img_3510.jpgIMG_3510Oil and gas infrastructure in the Louisiana bayou south of Houma. Virtually limitless regulation, over decades of abuse have teamed with the choking of Mississippi River sediment flow to destroy one of the greatest wetlands on earth.https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/img_0222.jpgIMG_0222Over 4,000 miles of channels to expedite access to and delivery of oil and gas - one half of a deadly duo killing America's greatest wetlands.https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/gellis_20110326_3306.jpggellis_20110326_3306Looking out on what remains of Cat Islands, Barataria Bay despite wealth of land assumed by the radar.https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/gellis_20110326_3306b.jpggellis_20110326_3306bCat Islands, Barataria Bay - the watery world of make believe realities. The red arrow points to the black triangle - our boat - and the red blob outlines all that exists of the land on the screen.https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/gellis_20110326_3306a.jpggellis_20110326_3306aLooking out on what remains of Cat Island, Barataria Bay despite wealth of land assumed by the radar.2011-04-05T21:34:15+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/neutral-doesnt-mean-no-forward-progress/2011-04-05T03:50:23+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2011/04/03/loss-of-life-and-national-treasure-worth-374062/2011-04-03T14:59:46+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/if-oysters-were-pelicans/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/gellis_20110325_2686.jpggellis_20110325_2686Oysterman Nick Collins dumps another basket of dead oysters on deck - nearly a year after the BP oil disaster and Nick's hundred year old oyster reefs near Grand Isle are a marine mortuary.2011-03-31T16:29:28+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/there-baaaaack/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/img_8663.jpgIMG_8663Will Gulf's winds and waves keep reminding us in 2011 of the high price of a carbon-based life-style? Oil in patties, pancakes, balls and blobs keeps washing ashore across the Gulf Coast. From Ft Morgan Alabama 12.282011-03-23T22:46:24+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/dolphin-deaths-deserve-more-answers-than-questions/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/img_6830.jpgIMG_6830A pod of Bottle-nosed Dolphins (Tursiops truncata) off the Alabama coast in late December 2010, a month before the death2011-03-10T20:47:48+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/the-bp-disaster-thank-god-its-over/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/img_9937.jpgIMG_9937BP oil cleanup crew continue to sift, scrape and haul polluted beach sands on the Gulf Coast barrier islands - photo February 26, 2011https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/img_8591.jpgIMG_8591 2011-03-10T17:09:46+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/beauty-belies-the-beast/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/img_7099.jpgIMG_7099 2011-02-23T16:27:17+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/bp-report-where-do-we-go-from-here/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/img_5303.jpgIMG_5303Live hermit crab consumed in oil on the beach at Grand Isle, Louisiana, Aug. 18th, 2010. Thousands were saved and cleaned by non-BP clean up crew volunteers - dying invertebrates don't impact the corporate bottom line, only the food chain's bottomline..https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/bpdeepwater-on-fire.jpgBPDeepwater-on-fireBP's Deepwater Horizon rig burns. Photo courtesy US Coast Guard.2011-01-18T19:57:37+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/blackbird-die-off-and-voodoo-science/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/img_9406-copy2.jpgIMG_9406 copyRed-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) migration, Louisiana - Jan. 1, 2011https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/img_9406-copy1.jpgIMG_9406 copyRed-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) migration, Louisianahttps://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/img_9406-copy.jpgIMG_9406 copyRed-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) migration, Louisiana2011-01-09T00:52:21+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/yes-jethro-thats-bubbln-crude-2/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/img_3496.jpgIMG_3496Aerial of continuing oil mess on beach at the Grand Isle St. Park pier - Dec. 2, 2010 - weathering oil pollution in the tideline can be seen a black strip. Image support from pilot Tom Hutchings/SouthWings.https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/img_53232.jpgIMG_5323BP what about this picture don't you understand? Back in September oil by the buckets oozed just below the top sand - guess what? It's still there. The greatest human-caused environmental disaster just doesn't disappear - go ahead, hide your head in the sand, maybe then you'll see the extent of your neglect.2011-01-06T19:49:35+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/bp-oil-tar-covers-alabama-beach/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_8713.jpgIMG_8713Great Blue Heron tracks through a minefield of tarballs on the beach near Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, Alabamahttps://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_8710.jpgIMG_8710Under a surface layer of tens of thousands of small tarballs from a couple inches in diameter larger paddies of tar form ridges several feet behind the high tide rackline.https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_8523.jpgIMG_8523Tarballs by the tens of thousands surfacing along the beach near Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, Alabamahttps://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_8667.jpgIMG_8667Like pancakes with an oily core these " tar paddies" formed dense patches behind the rackline in sections a few feet to several yards long.https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_8604.jpgIMG_8604Snowy Plover running between thousands of oily tarballs - densest along and just behind the rackline where the plover feed.https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_8583.jpgIMG_8583Uncovering pancake-like tar patties along an oiled stretch of over a mile long near Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, Alabama today December 28, 20102010-12-30T14:12:19+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2010/12/30/weathered-oil-on-fort-morgan-beach/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_87101.jpgIMG_8710BP oil pollution forming ridge lines on the beach at Fort Morgan, Alabama as seen from the ground on Dec. 28, 2010https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_6766.jpgIMG_6766Ridge lines of weathering oil pollution exposed just above the general high tide line on the Gulf coast beach at Fort Morgan - Wednesday Dec. 29, 2010.2010-12-30T14:10:00+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/berms-a-bust-report-says/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_32561.jpgIMG_3256Berm construction on Louisiana coast (Dec 2, 2010) - "$220 million for a spill response measure that trapped not much more than 1,000 barrels of oil is not a compelling cost-benefit tradeoff"2010-12-18T20:32:48+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/gulf-war-wages-on/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_33291.jpgIMG_3329Berm construction. Frontline of the Gulf war zone.https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_7462.jpgIMG_7462The elegant natural design of barrier island building along the Gulf Coasthttps://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_7611.jpgIMG_7611A shorebirds perspective of pristine Alabama coastlinehttps://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_3376.jpgIMG_3376building land where none washttps://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_3317.jpgIMG_3317transforming beaches and ecosystemshttps://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_3256.jpgIMG_3256barrier island berm buildinghttps://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_7266.jpgIMG_7266Nature abhors straight linehttps://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_34321.jpgIMG_3432The unmistakable iridescent sheen of oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon site seven months after the April 20th disaster - near Grand Terre islands, Louisianahttps://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_3432.jpgIMG_3432The unmistakable irridescent sheen of oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon site seven months after the April 20th disaster - near Grand Terre islands, Louisianahttps://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_2937.jpgIMG_2937Waiting at the shoreline for change on the horizon.2010-12-03T17:15:34+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/a-teachable-little-monkey/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/img_3679.jpgIMG_3679Seven months after BP Deepwater Horizon what have we really learned - a few miles away Ocean Saratoga rig at 1300 CST on Nov. 23rd, 2010 leaks oil out across the Gulf - Wednesday's announcement by the Obama Administration may show we are learning... a little.2010-12-03T16:55:24+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/pubs-pints-and-petroleum-politics/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/img_40061.jpgIMG_4006https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/img_4006.jpgIMG_40062010-11-17T21:53:14+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/return-to-the-future/2010-11-16T23:11:58+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/outta-sight-outta-mind/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/img_81631.jpgIMG_8163Hermit crabs like many of the intertidal invertebrates are at the heart of the oil war zone - they may also be key indicators of the chemical impact of disasters such as BP Deepwater Horizon and the post clean up activities.https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/img_8163.jpgIMG_8163Hermit crabs like many of the intertidal invertebrates are at the heart of the oil war zone - they may also be key indicators of the chemical impact of disasters such as BP Deepwater Horizon and the post clean up activities.2010-10-15T01:47:48+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2010/08/19/24/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/img_4992.jpgIMG_4992Example of sand berm - this one from Topsail Hill State Park, Gulf Shores, Florida - blocking outwash from coastal lake.2010-10-15T01:45:39+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/first-week-review-in-search-of-oil/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/img_4859.jpgIMG_4859BP clean up workers on beach at Topsail State Park, Gulf Shores, Floridahttps://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/img_74871.jpgIMG_7487Oil from Deepwater Horizon/BP at Grand Isle State Park, Louisiana saturates beach and coats hermit crab.2010-10-15T01:43:34+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/36/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/img_7582.jpgIMG_7582Hand painted signs protesting the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster on Grand Isle, Louisiana2010-10-15T01:42:22+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/pelicans-of-hope/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/img_7842.jpgIMG_7842Baby Brown Pelicans in nest on Raccoon Island, Terrebonne-Timbalier Bays, Louisianahttps://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/img_8564.jpgIMG_8564The iconic Brown Pelican front and center on Louisiana vehicle license plates. The irony is the thirst for oil to fuel such this as those vehicles potentially can cause one of the greatest threats to the birds coastal survival.https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/img_6059.jpgIMG_6059Joining the established rookery at Rabbit Island over 100 oiled Brown Pelicans from the BP oil spill disaster have been banded and released. Daily monitoring by LA Dept of Wildlife & Fisheries officials and Audubon volunteers track the birds well-being.2010-10-15T01:41:25+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/audubon-six-month-bird-report-on-bp-oil-disaster/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/img_77871.jpgIMG_7787Is it safe to go back in the water yet?https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/img_7787.jpgIMG_7787Is it safe to go back in the water yet?2010-10-14T22:19:03+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/white-house-lifts-gulf-of-mexico-deepwater-oil-drilling-ban/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/img_6992.jpgIMG_69922010-10-14T19:56:00+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/commission-on-bp-spill-report-telling-us-what-we-know-and-they-knew/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/img_5231.jpgIMG_5231In the first months after the disaster anger and frustration was well illustrated along the Gulf and across the country, now both are weathering into silence.https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/img_5512blog.jpgIMG_5512blogDead Royal Tern stained with oil on beach at Raccoon Island four months after BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, Gulf Coast Louisiana. Photo© Gerry Ellis/Audubon/Minden Pictures2010-10-14T18:58:27+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/not-all-is-oil-coated-doom-and-gloom/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/img_5991.jpgIMG_5991albino bottlenose dolphin2010-09-27T19:54:56+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/more-questions-than-answers/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/img_1131.jpgIMG_1131Fiddler crab races to scavenge on a black drum fish washed ashore on the morning's tide, Gulf Coast Louisiana2010-09-20T17:46:29+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/2010/09/10/fledging-from-the-disaster/https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/img_0980.jpgIMG_0980Biologist Will Selman releasing rehabilitated previously oiled Brown Pelicans on Rabbit Island, West Cove, Louisiana. Photo by Gerry Ellis/Audubon/Minden Pictureshttps://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/img_0962.jpgIMG_0962https://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/img_0902.jpgIMG_0902A chevron of Brown Pelicans flies south down the Calcasieu Channel to the Gulf of Mexico. Photo by Gerry Ellis/Audubon/Minden Pictureshttps://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/img_9309.jpgIMG_9309Fledging from both the oil disaster and its internment at the wildlife rehabilitation center this juvenile Black Skimmer stretches new wings and sorts out the crucial first flight of freedom. Photo by Gerry Ellis/Audubon/Minden Pictureshttps://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/img_9298.jpgIMG_9298Dr. Jim LaCour of the Louisiana Dept of Wildlife & Fisheries releases Yellow-crowned Night Heron from crate. Bird was victim of oiling in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster April 20, 2010. Heron was rescued, cleaned and rehabilitated before release on Rabbit Island, West Cove (IBA), Louisiana. Photo Gerry Ellis/Audubon/Minden Pictureshttps://gulfoilspillproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/img_9313.jpgIMG_9313Juvenile Black Skimmer oiled in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster flounders in the water after being released. After being rescued it was cleaned and spent weeks in the wildlife rehabilitation center at Hammond, Louisiana before returning to the wild near Cameron, Louisiana. Photo by Gerry Ellis/Audubon/Minden Pictures.2010-09-13T14:12:11+00:00monthlyhttps://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/about-the-photography/2010-08-26T18:23:12+00:00weekly0.6https://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/about/2010-08-26T17:40:15+00:00weekly0.6https://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/project-partner-links/2010-08-26T17:35:10+00:00weekly0.6https://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.com/gerrys-bio/2010-08-26T17:28:00+00:00weekly0.6https://gulfoilspillproject.wordpress.comdaily1.02012-01-13T18:54:56+00:00