November 2018

Oil Spill Assessment Training in Morgan City, Louisiana	Marine Debris Program Participates in the Inaugural Tampa Bay Ghost Trap Rodeo
Review of Remediation in the Hudson Valley	OR&R Attends Oregon State of the Coast
Seepapalooza: International Collaborative Field Demonstration of Natural Oil Seeps off Southern California	OR&R Diversity and Inclusion Committee: Substance Sensitivities
2018 Accomplishments: The Fiscal Year in Review	NOAA Unmanned Marine Systems Symposium

October 2018

OR&R Participates in Plum Beach Cleanup in Brooklyn	Disaster Preparedness Program Participates in International Association of Emergency Managers Annual Conference
Marine Debris Program Proudly Presents 2018 Accomplishments	LT Michael Doig with the Crew of NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown on Final Leg of Around the World Voyage
OR&R Participates in 2018 Urban Waters Federal Partnership National Training Workshop	Northeast Brandywine Riverfront Restoration
Marine Debris Program Contributes to Long Island Sound Educators Conference	Inland Oil Spill Training in Bishop, California
NOAA Takes on Trash at the International Coastal Cleanup	OR&R Provides Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Techniques (SCAT) Training in Astoria, Oregon
OR&R Hosts 2018 Fall Texas Trustee Summit	OR&R Staff Visit with Elwha Tribe in Washington
Marine Debris Program Celebrates Passage of the Save our Seas Act of 2018	Crowley Alaska Tankers "Shippers" Exercise in Valdez, Alaska
Marine Debris Program Participates in Norwegian Seminar on Marine Plastic Pollution	OR&R Staff Participate in OR&R Staff Participate in Canadian Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program (AMOP)
OR&R Scientist Returns from Collaboration with Netherlands Oil Spill Modeling Group	Marine Debris Program Supports Makah Tribe’s Derelict Crab Pot Removal Project
Marine Debris Program Participates in Ghost Gear Dive Recovery Workshop	OR&R Outreach and Communications: Looking Ahead at Fiscal Year 2019
Field Demo of Oil Spill Monitoring Robot	OR&R Experts Invited to Discuss Best Practices for Cooperative Damage Assessments with Industry
NOAA’s Marine Debris Program and Ocean Today Studio Release “Trash Counts”	OR&R Supporting FEMA Recovery Efforts in Puerto Rico

September 2018

Shad in the Millstone River!	Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Technique (SCAT) Training Conducted in Pensacola
Annual Literature Review Published on the Effects of Pollution on Marine Organisms	Marine Debris Program Participates in Connecticut Microfiber Working Group
Pick-up Games and Picking up Trash - NOAA Scientist Mentors Youth on and off the Court	Hurricane Florence Vessel Assessment Continues as Responders Prepare for Removal Operations
Marine Debris Program Participates in Shoreline Monitoring Observer Bias Study	OR&R Staff Spotlight: Alexis Thorbecke
Freshwater Mussel Propagation for Restoration	Marine Debris Program Supports Aquaculture Debris Prevention in Florida
OR&R and National Ocean Service Continue to Provide Hurricane Florence Response	Marine Debris Program Participates in Seattle International Coastal Cleanup Event
OR&R Supporting Abandoned Vessel Assessment and Pollution Response in North Carolina Following Hurricane Florence	New Spill Plans in Effect in Alaska
Marine Debris Program Announces 2019 Funding Opportunity for Research Projects	OR&R Explores Faith and Spirituality at Monthly Diversity and Inclusion Event
Marine Debris Program Participates in Virtual Classroom Event on Ocean Plastics	NOAA 2018 General Modeling Meeting and Fair
NOAA OR&R Providing Scientific Support as Hurricane Florence Continues to Impact the Carolinas	Coast Guard and OR&R Sign Interagency Agreement on the Use of ERMA
Marine Debris Program Announces Washington Marine Debris Action Plan	OR&R to Participate in 5th Hudson River Park SUBMERGE Marine Science Festival in New York City
OR&R Staff Deployed for Hurricane Florence Response	Marine Debris Program Participates in the Alaska Net Hack Challenge
DELMARVA Tabletop Oil Spill Exercise	OR&R Joins EPA at Training on Hazmat Tools and Regulation
Marine Debris Program Engages Science Writers at Great Lakes Workshop	Marine Debris Workshop at Southeast Alaska Environmental Conference
New Marine Debris Bin Installed at James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge	NOAA and Partners Celebrate Removal of Century Old Dam on the Patapsco River
OR&R Presents on Scientific Support Services at U.S. Coast Guard Workshop	Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees Tour Side Channel Demonstration Project in New York

August 2018

NOAA Marine Debris Program Hosts Maryland Emergency Response Workshop	Marine Debris Program in the Field: Microplastics Biomonitoring in Wisconsin
Eckerd College and Congressman Charlie Crist Kick Off a New NOAA Marine Debris Prevention Grant	Minds Behind OR&R: Meet Marine Debris Scientist Sarah Lowe
Trustee Tour of the Lower Duwamish River	OR&R Participates in Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (PBNERR) Disaster Response Workshop
Senate Committee Hearing on Pipeline Safety in the Great Lakes	Is Marine Debris Impacting Your Beach Day, and Your Wallet?
OR&R, U.S. Coast Guard Standing By for Hurricane Lane Response	Marine Debris Program Supports Monofilament Recycling in Massachusetts
Marine Debris Program Announces 2019 Funding Opportunity for Removal Projects	Marine Debris Program Holds Workshop to Update the Hawai'i Marine Debris Action Plan
2018 Alaska North Slope Mutual Aid Deployment (MAD) Oil Spill Exercise	OR&R Scientists Partner with the U.S. Coast Guard to Study Oil in the Gulf of Mexico
Planning for Trans-Boundary Spills in Alaska	OR&R at the EcoCanal 2018 Exercise
OR&R's Emergency Response Division Supports Two U.S. Coast Guard “Oil Spill Roadshow” Trainings in California	Twenty-Ninth Year of Annual Time Series Photos in Prince William Sound
NOAA Marine Debris Program Awards Funding to 23 New Projects	Marine Debris Program Joins Channel Islands Cleanup Effort
OR&R Staff Spotlight: Dylan Righi	NOAA Provides Trajectory for Diesel Fuel Release from Grounded Vessel Near Santa Cruz
The True Cost of an Oil Spill: Q&A with a NOAA Economist	Impacts of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Lost Recreational Use
Marine Debris Program ‘Talks Trash’ with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources	Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique Course in Mackinaw City
Looking Deeper at the Social Science Behind Marine Pollution	Marine Debris Literacy in Coastal Ohio
Marine Debris Meets with the Consortium for Ocean Leadership

July 2018

NOAA and Trustees seeking comment on Lower Duwamish Natural Resources Injury Assessment Plan	National Response Team-Regional Response Team Meeting in Philadelphia
Site Visit at the Raritan Bay Slag Superfund Site in New Jersey	National Ocean Service Scientists Collaborate: OR&R Scientists Join Forces with National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Researchers
OR&R Diversity and Inclusion Committee Event Focuses on Hidden/invisible Disabilities	Comment Period for Proposed for Natural Resource Damages Settlement from 2016 Oil Spill in Shell Green Canyon
National Ocean Service Deputy Assistant Administrator Joins OR&R for Dolphin Health Assessment Studies	Marine Debris Program and Northeast Partners Conduct Multi-beach Cleanup across Northern Massachusetts
Marine Debris Program Joins Microplastics Monitoring Fieldwork in the Great Lakes	OR&R Participates in Disaster Concept Development Study Workshop
Minds Behind OR&R: Meet Scientific Support Coordinator Michael Doig	OR&R Participates in Environmental Roundtable with Chinese Delegation in New York
Marine Debris Program Participates in U.S.-Thailand Science and Technology Collaboration	Staff Spotlight: Mary Baker
OR&R and Oil Industry Scientists Share Advances in Unmanned Aerial Systems (Drones) Research	OR&R Participates in NOAA Science Camp in Seattle
Marine Debris Portable Exhibit at the South Slough National Estuary Research Reserve in Oregon	Marine Debris Program Participates in STEM Educator Workshop
OR&R Staff Spotlight: Robin Garcia	CAMEO Chemicals Update is Live!
Marine Debris Program Joins July 5th Volunteer Cleanup on Seattle’s Lake Union	OR&R Participates in the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Abstract Review Committee
Marine Debris Program Participates in Gulf of Mexico Alliance Meeting	Marine Debris Program and Representative Jimmy Panetta’s District Office Join Save our Shores Paddle Cleanup
Hudson Regional Working Group - Monitoring Framework for Shoreline Treatments	OR&R Scientist’s Paper Judged Best in Publication
From Research to Response, the Evolving Role of Science in Oil Spills

June 2018

Marine Debris Program Contributes to UN Advisory Body Workgroup on Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection	OR&R Participates in the Clean Pacific Conference in Portland, Oregon
Restoring Natural Resources after Disasters: NOAA’s FAST Program Keeps Scientists Ready to Respond	Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Technique (SCAT) Training in St. Louis, Missouri
OR&R Presentation at Oil Spill Response Limited Base	Site Visit Highlights NOAA Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program and Urban Waters Federal Partnership
Marine Debris Program Participates in Pacific States/British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force Meeting on Abandoned and Derelict Vessels	OR&R Disaster Preparedness Program Offers Science of Chemical Releases Class in Alabama
NOAA and Department of Interior Scientists Meet with Shipping Industry Experts to Prepare for Oil Spills	Preparing to Reduce Marine Debris During Hurricanes
Natural Disasters are Part of Nature, Planning for Disasters Should be Just as Natural	Preparing for the 2018 Hurricane Season at FEMA
Disaster Preparedness: It’s Not a One Time Effort	Marine Debris Program Highlights Citizen Science Project at Asia Oceania Geosciences Society Conference
Habitat Restoration Progresses for Portland Harbor Fish and Wildlife	Marine Debris Program Coordinates New California Ocean Litter Prevention Strategy
Marine Debris Regional Collaboration Portals Showcased at Gulf of Mexico Alliance Meeting	Pollution Response in Emergencies: Marine Impact Assessment and Monitoring Conference
Marine Debris Program Celebrates with Communities on World Oceans Day	OR&R Diversity and Inclusion Committee Discusses Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in the STEM Workplace
OR&R at Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science Boot Camp	OR&R Scientist Meets with Brooklyn Kindergarteners
Science of Oil Spills Class Held in Seattle	Minds Behind OR&R: Say Aloha to Mark Manuel
HAZWOPER and Oil Spill Response Training on the Washington Coast	OR&R Scientist Honored with a Blue Peter Award for Excellence in the Field of Environmental Remediation
OR&R at Hudson River Estuary Meetings	Emergency Response Training at the Disaster Response Center
Marine Debris Program Presents to Gulf of Maine Council at Annual Meeting	Marine Debris Program Participates in Arctic Marine Litter Workshop
Cranes, Drones and ROVs – Collaborating to Characterize Oil	The Marine Debris Program Empowers Teachers at a Weeks Bay NERR Workshop
OR&R Participates in Raritan River Conference	OR&R celebrates World Oceans Day at a NOAA Open House
OR&R Participates in NOAA Washington Congressional Rountable	NOAA Scientists Address Oil Spill Preparedness and Share Best Practices
Plastic Marine Debris Takes the Spotlight on the National Mall	Field Testing a Non-floating Oil Barrier System in Lake Huron
Washington Marine Debris Action Plan Workshop in Lacey, Washington	OR&R Participates in Anacostia Equity and Resiliency Conference
Communicating for a Clean Future: Ohio Marine Debris Challenge Winners	OR&R Presents at DOD Underwater Military Munitions Workshop
OR&R Participates in PREP Exercise

May 2018

Minds Behind OR&R: Meet Toxicologist Sarah Allan	NOAA OR&R Hosts Panama Canal Authority Scientist
NOAA Participates in Annual Site Visit at Marathon Battery Site, EPA Prepares for 5 Year Review	OR&R Attends 24th annual North Atlantic Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry meeting
NOAA Seeks Public Comment on Addendum to Portland Harbor Natural Resource Assessment Plan	Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee Quarterly Meeting
OR&R and Community Groups Re-Imagine the Newtown Creek Superfund Site	OR&R Staff Spotlight: Demi Fox
NOAA Presents Bronze Medal and Distinguished Career Awards	Volvo Ocean Race – Sailing for Solutions to Marine Debris
Addendum to Portland Harbor Natural Resources Damage Assessment Plan Released	Northeast Partners Remove Two Tons of Derelict Gear
NOAA Announces Partnership to Restore Habitats Damaged by Oil and Hazardous Waste	Natural Resource Damage Assessment at the LCP Chemical Site in Brunswick, Georgia
OR&R Participates in Chevron’s Mississippi Canyon 122 Response Training and Exercise	Marine Debris Supports Plastic Pollution Education at REThink!
OR&R Participates in the First Synthesis Workshop of the DEEPEND Consortium	OR&R Diversity and Inclusion Committee Explores Environmental Justice
Earth Day Plastic Pollution Panel at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in D.C.	Third Anniversary of Refugio Beach Oil Spill in California
Inland Oil Spill Training along California’s American River	OR&R Diversity and Inclusion Committee Explores Environmental Justice
Showcasing Marine Debris Science in Seattle	Marine Debris Talks Packaging Design for Prevention
Vision Plan for Newtown Creek Superfund Site	Symposium on Contaminants in the Hudson River and Watershed
Marine Debris Sessions at the National Academy of Sciences	OR&R at the 2018 Waterfront Conference in New York City
Update: Effects of Oil on Wildlife Conference	NOAA Kid’s Day – What happens when waste goes away?
Final Consent Decree for the Sheboygan River and Harbor Superfund Site	OR&R Research Partnering in the Gulf of Mexico Continues
OR&R to Present at the Effects of Oil on Wildlife Conference	Assessing Shoreline Impacts from Oil Spills - Multi-Agency SCAT Training in Texas
Wisconsin’s Sheboygan River Community Gains 324 Protected Acres and Improved Public Recreation Access after Settlements	OR&R and NMFS Participate in PREP Exercise in Oahu
Large-scale Oil Spill Drill in El Segundo, California	OR&R Scientists and Partners Initiate Major Salmon Injury Study at Portland Harbor Superfund Site

April 2018

OR&R Participates at the 2018 Mid-Atlantic Sea Grant Regional Workshop	U.S. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound Visits OR&R
OR&R Presents at NOAA’s Environmental Data Management Workshop	OR&R Staff Spotlight: James Makela
Science of Chemical Releases (SOCR) Class June 25-28 in Mobile	Earth Day on the Raritan Canal
NOAA's "Science of Coastal Natural Hazards" Course June 19-21 in Mobile	Navy Spill Response Exercise in Puget Sound
OR&R Marine Debris Program Celebrates Earth Day	CAMEO Team Connects with Emergency Planners from Across the Nation
Minds Behind OR&R: Meet Marine Debris Program Chief Scientist Amy Uhrin	OR&R Participates in 2018 Spring Texas Trustee Summit
Representatives from OR&R and Multiple NOAA programs Discuss Spill and Other Emergency Response Roles and Capabilities at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters	OR&R Responding to Fuel Oil Spill in Mississippi River, New Orleans
Marine Debris at a Science Communication Workshop	OR&R Participates in Science Communication Panel at Salish Sea Conference
Instructors and Students Discuss Oceanography at Cape Henlopen as part of “Science of Oil Spills” (SOS) Class	OR&R Offers Science of Chemical Releases (SOCR) Class
Slick Research — OR&R Continues to Partner to Enhance Methods for Detecting Floating Oil	OR&R Disaster Preparedness Program Offers NOAA Incident Command System-300 Course in Seattle
OR&R’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee Presents “Harassment in the Workplace”	NWS Leadership Visits the Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center
Northern California Shoreline Assessment Training	Binational Solid Waste Dialog

March 2018

ResponseLink Integrates with ERMA	OR&R Staff Spotlight: Rachel Fox
OR&R Participates in the 2018 Alaska Oil Spill Technology Forum	2018 Science of Oil Spills Training
Minds Behind OR&R: Meet Scientist Amy Merten	NOAA Co-hosts the Sixth International Marine Debris Conference
Oil Spill Tabletop Exercise in Bogotá, Colombia	Spill of National Significance (SONS) Exercise
OR&R at Interspill 2018	ERMA Training for U.S. Coast Guard
OR&R Provides SCAT Training Class in Honolulu	5th Annual Federal Interagency Disaster Research Response Meeting at the National Institutes of Health
What Lies Beneath - Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve PREP Drill	June Training Registration Open for Oil and Chemical Spill Responders
NOAA Participates in the MEXUSGULF Seminar	OR&R Hosts Meeting of Interagency Coordination Committee on Oil Pollution Research
OR&R at the St. Louis River Summit in Minnesota	OR&R and National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service on Current and Future Collaborations
Spill of National Significance (SONS) Exercise on March 22	Recovering Rail Cars from the Susquehanna River
Strengthening International Marine Debris Knowledge and Relationships	Recovering Rail Cars from the Susquehanna River
OR&R Provides Input to EPA for a Proposed Interim Action on Lower Passaic River	Working with Industry to Cooperatively Resolve Natural Resource Damage Claims
Indonesian Delegation at NOAA for Marine Debris Talks	Federal Diamond Alkali Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Meeting
Intertidal Surveys of the Farallon Islands

February 2018

Minds Behind OR&R: Meet Emergency Management Guru Katie Krushinski	NOAA Facilitates Science Input from 3 Restoration Experts at Hanford Nuclear Site
Last Vessel Salvaged from U.S. Virgin Islands as part of Hurricane Support Operations	Working Toward a Debris-Free North Carolina
OR&R’s Staff Spotlight: Andrea King	New Device Measures Contamination in Water
Incident Command System (ICS) 300 Class Offered in Seattle	OR&R Talks NOS Hurricane Efforts at the NOAA Open House
IMO Pollution Prevention and Response Subcommittee Meeting in London	Fish and Wildlife Gain Critical Habitat Near Portland Harbor
National Ocean Service Boosts Disaster Preparedness Efforts with New Program	CAMEO Software Team Meets with State Emergency Planners
OR&R Hosts Brazilians at International NRDA Technical Exchange	Field Investigation of the Astoria Pier Discharge
‘Fire Whirls’ to Remediate Oil on Water	Washington Project Showcased to New NOAA Leader: Restoration Benefits Fish, Wildlife, and Local Communities
Campaign for a “Litter-Free Mardi Gras”	NOAA and Co-Trustees Announced Natural Resource Damage Settlement at Port Gardner Bay Area in Washington State
OR&R Disaster Preparedness Program Supports NOS at the First NOAA Pre-Eagle Horizon 2018 Leadership Tabletop Exercise	RADM Gallaudet Visits Qwuloolt Restoration Site in Washington State
$4 million Settlement Reached to Help NOAA Restore Port Gardner and Snohomish River Habitat

January 2018

The Minds Behind OR&R: Meet Environmental Scientist Simeon Hahn	Getting NYC Kids "Hooked" on OR&R
OR&R Attends NOAA Congressional Staff Briefing on 2017 Hurricane Season	OR&R Attends NOAA Congressional Staff Briefing on 2017 Hurricane Season
Update: Ongoing Hurricane Response	Planning for 2018 Spill of National Significance Exercise (SONS)
New Marine Pollution Bulletin Article Assesses the Arrival of Japan Tsunami Marine Debris to North America	OR&R Discusses Cultural Appropriation
OR&R Tours Single Point Mooring off Oahu	OR&R Staff Spotlight: Sarah Lowe
28th Annual No-Spills Conference in Michigan	Removal of Sunken Vessels from the Makah Marina
Using Art to Encourage Individuals to Prevent Marine Debris	$51.5 million Settlement Approved to Cleanup and Restore Baltimore’s 68th Street Dump Superfund Site
OR&R Staff Spotlight: Naomi Wilkins	The Southeast Gains a Regional Resource Coordinator During the Holiday
Yet Another Record in OR&R!

December 2017

The Minds Behind OR&R: Meet ‘Fellow’ Ocean Lover Amanda Laverty	The Washington Marine Debris Action Plan Launches!
Settlement for Natural Resource Damages at the Sheboygan River and Harbor Superfund Site	Marine Debris Program Participates in US/China Sister Cities Delegation
Trustees Seek Comments on Project to Protect Unique Habitat in Wisconsin	11th Annual Trash Summit Addresses Marine Debris Issues in Washington, DC
November 2017 OR&R Diversity and Inclusion Event: Veterans Re-entering the Civilian Work Force	Marine Debris Program Director Participates in Water Pollution Event in Minnesota
Abstracts Due for the 2018 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference	OR&R Presents at American Salvage Association Annual Meeting
Government and Industry Partners Collaborate to Produce a Guide for Cooperation on Oil Spill Assessments	OR&R Participates in Phillips 66 Oil Refinery Exercise and NRDA Workshop
2017 Accomplishments: The Year in Review	Settlement at St. Louis River Interlake/Duluth Tar Superfund Site
Marine Debris Program Co-Hosts California Ocean Litter Strategy Workshop in San Diego	Updated Versions of CAMEOfm and Tier2 Submit Released
OR&R Participates in the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Annual Meeting	OR&R Participates in NOAA Day at the Aquarium of the Pacific

November 2017

The Minds Behind OR&R: Meet a Rock-Star Chemist	Marine Debris Program Introduces New Outreach Tools
OR&R Participates in Great American Teach-In	Unmanned Aircraft Exercise Delivers Near Real-Time Results for Improved Oil Spill Analysis
NOAA Hosts Second Annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit	OR&R Participates in West Coast Joint Assessment Team Meeting
OR&R Scientists Receive NOAA Administrator's Award	Non-Floating Oil Spill Meeting in California
Fifth Annual ELI-Stetson Wetlands Workshop in Florida	OR&R Emergency Response Division Consults with Spill Responders in Taiwan
OR&R Senior Scientist Receives NAMEPA Marine Environment Protection Award	Working with Pacific Northwest Native Communities to Assess Damage to Natural Resources
Science of Oil Spills Training: Apply for Spring 2018	10 Years Later: Restoring Injured Natural Resources after Cosco Busan
NOAA DIVER Application (Data Integration Visualization Exploration and Reporting) Features New Dashboard	Super Storm Sandy: Five Years Later Conference
Sentinels of the Coast: Surveying the Beaches After Cosco Busan	Mobile, Alabama, Gears up to Combat Mardi Gras Debris
OR&R Scientists Collaborate with Sea Grant to Share Latest Oil Spill Science with Industry and Partners	OR&R Participates in a Hill Briefing on the 2017 National Ocean Service Hurricane Response
Assessing Cosco Busan: The Damage From 10 Years Ago	The Initial Call: Looking Back 10 Years to the Day of the Cosco Busan Oil Spill

October 2017

Remembering Cosco Busan: An Overview of the 2007 Oil Spill	The Minds Behind OR&R: Meet Scientist and Technician Michael Greer
CAMEO Team Participates in Two Hazardous Material Conferences	OR&R Coordinates with Industry Regarding Effective Situational Awareness for Oil Spill Response
OR&R Staff Spotlight: Charles Grisafi	Marine Debris Program Provides Support at the Incident Command Post in Florida
Oilapalooza! An Oiled Wildlife Response Workshop	DIVER Release of Environmental Data Specification
Texas Barge Fire Extinguished, OR&R Responding Due to Potential Crude Oil Release	Marine Debris Program Talks Trash at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa Open House
Oilapalooza! An Oiled Wildlife Response Workshop	Enhanced Coordination with National Marine Fisheries Service Protected Resources Board on Response and Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Issues
OR&R Responding to Oil Platform Fire, Pipeline Discharge in Louisiana	Office of Response and Restoration Continues to Support Recovery Following Hurricanes in Florida, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands
Marine Debris Program Meets with Indonesian Representatives to Discuss Tackling the Issue at Home and Abroad	OR&R and the American Salvage Association
Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research (ICCOPR) Meeting	OR&R Presents Arctic ERMA at the U.S.-Canadian Northern Oil and Gas Research Forum
OR&R Senior Scientist Leads Citizen Science Mini-Symposium	Commencement Bay NRDA Settlement Restoration Project Dedicated
NOAA Launches New Hurricane Story Map Following Hurricanes Irma, Harvey and Maria	Marine Debris Program Participates in Baltimore Underground Science Space Microplastics Panel
Post-Hurricane Pollution Response Continues in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands	OR&R Participates in Pacific States/British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force Annual Meeting
2016 Annual Review: Effects of Pollutants on Marine Life	MARPLOT 5.1 Release Includes Enhanced Import, NOAA Charts, and More
Urban Waters Team Wins "People's Choice" Public Service Award	Hurricane Marine Debris and Pollution Response

September 2017

Portland Harbor Trustees Secure Approximately $2.3M in Bankruptcy Settlement Funds from Mission Insurance Company	OR&R Supports Emergency Pollution Response in Miami for Hurricane Irma
Emergency Support Function #10 in Miami Coordinating Hazardous Materials Response	OR&R Working with FEMA, Coast Guard, and EPA on Hurricane Pollution Response
OR&R’s Pollution Response Following Hurricane Irma	OR&R’s Pollution Response to Irma and Harvey
Harvey Pollution Response

August 2017

Harvey Response	Response to Tropical Storm Harvey
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Impacts on Gulf of Mexico Shorelines and Nearshore Areas	OR&R at Submerge NYC Marine Science Festival
Restoring New York-New Jersey Harbor	Celebrating the Importance of Estuaries
Weston Mill Dam Removal Project in Full Swing	Keeping the Oil Pollution Act Updated
Polar Bears and Response Drills in Alaska	Solving the Case of the Mystery Sheen
National Aquarium Helping Reduce Plastic Pollution	Oils Spills and Animal Rescue in Alaska and Beyond
Incident Responses for July 2017	A Summer like NOAAther: A NOAA Intern's Experience

July 2017

Staff Participate in NOAA Science Camp in Seattle	Chinese Delegation Visits NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
A Legacy of Industry and Toxins in Northern New Jersey: Striped Bass and Blue Crab	How to Locate Wildlife Threatened During Oil Spills
How Marine Debris is Impacting Marine Animals	Sector Mobile Tests Their Continuity of Operations Plans at the DRC
Registration is Now Open for the Science of Coastal Natural Hazards Class	How to Clear Out a Lab: Use it or Pass it on
Incident Responses for June 2017

June 2017

Proposed Settlement for St. Louis River Superfund Site	Microplastics on National Park Beaches
Science of Oil Spills Training: Apply for Fall 2017	Portland Harbor Superfund Site Restoration Plan Announced
Working to Help Save Sea Turtles	Celebrating and Protecting the Ocean all Year
Incident Responses for May 2017

May 2017

Pumpout Program Protects Puget Sound from Raw Sewage	NOAA Open House 2017
Counting People on the Beach is Not as Simple as it Sounds	What we do to Help Endangered Species
Safe Boating and Prevention of Small Oil Spills	Preventing and Preparing for Oil Spills in the Arctic
Using Dogs to Find Oil During Spill Response	Oil Spill Incident Responses for April 2017

April 2017

NOAA Corps: 100 Years of Service	NOAA Adding Polar Projections to Arctic ERMA Mapping Tool
Sea Grant Reports: Dolphins, Sea Turtles and the Impacts from Deepwater Horizon	8 Ways to Keep the Earth Clean
How to Test for Toxicity	The DRC Welcomes JD Hoyle to the Team!
The DRC Welcomes Stella Wilson to the Team!	From Toxic Dump to Wetland in Florida
Meet the New CAMEO Chemicals Mobile App

March 2017

Closing Down Damage Assessment After Deepwater Horizon	Deepwater Horizon: Response in the Midst of an Historic Crisis
Assessing the Impacts from Deepwater Horizon	High Water and Sunken Oil on the Great Mississippi
Showcasing Our Partnership with Coast Guard on Instagram	Life at Sea or Scientist on Land: NOAA Corps Offers Both
Consent Decree Approved to Restore an Urban Dump Near Baltimore	Hold on to Those Balloons: They Could End Up in the Ocean
Is Marine Debris Spreading Invasive Species?

February 2017

Below Zero: Partnership between the Coast Guard and NOAA	5 Ways the Coast Guard and NOAA Partner
How the Modern Day Shipping Container Changed the World	Sea Urchins Battle to Save Hawaii Coral Reef
Rescuing Oiled Birds, Leave it to the Experts	Chemical Pollution in the Great Lakes
Clean up spilled oil at all costs? Not always	Restoration: The Other Part of Spill Response
Debunking the Myths about Garbage Patches	Zoos and Aquariums Training for Oil Spill Emergency Response
Science of Oil Spills Training: Apply for Summer 2017

January 2017

Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Sea Turtles and Marine Mammals	Coping in the Aftermath of Deepwater Horizon
Preserving an Estuary in Hawaii	Using Big Data to Share Scientific Knowledge
10 Common Words with Uncommon Meanings in Spill Response	Restoration of an Injured Caribbean Coral Reef
Restoring a Coral Reef Hit by Tanker in Puerto Rico	Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary Plan Open for Review
OR&R Strategic Plan | Fiscal Years 2017-2021

December 2016

Little Sand Island Back in Business for Burn Testing	Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Data: New Monitoring Updates
Science of Coastal Natural Disasters Pilot Held at the DRC	Aerial Observation Course Held at the DRC
NOAA Looks Back at Cascadia Rising Exercise	The DRC Welcomes Sean Toungate
Argo Merchant: The Growth of Scientific Support	Argo Merchant: The Birth of Modern Oil Spill Response
Tools and Products: 40 Years of Spill Technology	Argo Merchant: A Woods Hole Scientist's Personal Perspective
Argo Merchant: What if it happened today?	Remediation vs. Restoration: A Tale of Two Terms
Updated Environmental Sensitivity Index Maps and Data for Some Atlantic States

November 2016

Emergency Response and Assessment 40 Years after Argo Merchant	Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Coastal Salt Marsh Habitat
Preserving Natural Resources for All Americans	Point vs. Non-Point Water Pollution: What’s the Difference?
1976: A Winter of Ship Accidents

October 2016

Transportation of Crude Oil Along the West Coast	Keeping the Great Lakes’ Freshwater Clean is a Tall Order
In Some Situations, Ships Dump Oil on Purpose	Understanding How Oil Reacts on Water: A Simple Experiment
Sticky Black Gobs on the Beach: The Science of Tarballs	Hurricane Matthew Aerial Photos
Small Oil Spill Prevention in the San Juan Islands	Preparing for Hurricanes
Response and Restoration in a Changing Arctic	50th Anniversary of Bodega Marine Laboratory

September 2016

Science of Oil Spills Training: Apply for Spring 2017	For Better Chemical Safety, NOAA and EPA Work to Improve Data Sharing During Emergencies
An Estuary in the Shadow of Seattle	Restoring Marsh Habitat by Sharing Assessment Techniques
What Scientists Learned About Cleaning up Oil Spills by Covering a Delaware Beach with Oil -- on Purpose	Bay Long Oil Spill in Louisiana
Annual Marine Debris Removal Federal Funding Opportunity is Now Open	OR&R Offers SCAT Class in Pensacola, FL
The DRC Welcomes Caitlin Wessel	The DRC Welcomes Clif Huff
DWH Swift Tract Living Shoreline Project in Bon Secour Bay, AL

August 2016

Tips for Preventing Small-Vessel Oil Spills	Collecting Data from the Sky for Oil Spill Response
Mallows Bay by Kayak: A Tour of Maryland’s Proposed National Marine Sanctuary, the First in Chesapeake Bay	Ferry Fire Near San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico
Abandoned Vessels of Florida's Forgotten Coast	Preparing for Anything: What to Do When a Hypothetical Ferry Disaster Overlaps with a National Presidential Convention

July 2016

Remotely Controlled Surfboards: Oil Spill Technology of the Future?	Oil Spills, Seeps, and the Early Days of Drilling Oil Along California's Coast
Science of Oil Spills Training: Apply for Fall 2016

June 2016

Washington Sea Grant Launches New Program to Prevent Small Oil Spills that Add Up	In Florida, Rallying Citizen Scientists to Place an Ocean-Sized Problem Under the Microscope
What You Can Do to Keep Plastic out of the Ocean	Innovative Solutions to Tackling Plastic Pollution in the Ocean
Improving Currents Predictions for Washington Waters Will Help Efforts to Prevent and Respond to Oil Spills	Studying Marine Life a Year After the Oil Spill at Refugio State Beach
How Do Oil Spills Affect Sea Turtles?	University of Washington Helps ITOPF and NOAA Analyze Emerging Risks in Marine Transportation
The DRC Welcomes Kyle Parson	"Treasures of NOAA's Ark" Exhibit Opens at GulfQuest in Mobile, Alabama
Spring 2016 Science of Oil Spills Class Held at the DRC	First Science of Chemical Releases Class Held at the DRC
2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season Predictions	2016 NOAA Hurricane Awareness Tour
NOAA Regional Preparedness Training in Texas	At the U.S.-Canadian Border, Surveying a World War II Shipwreck for History and Oil

May 2016

How Do You Begin to Clean up a Century of Pollution on New Jersey's Passaic River?	Preparing for What Can Go Wrong Because of Hurricanes
NOAA Supporting Spill Response in the Green Canyon Oil Reserve Area of the Gulf of Mexico	How Does NOAA Model Oil Spills?
Restoration on the Way for New Jersey's Raritan River, Long Polluted by Industrial Waste	Creative Solutions Save Money and Marsh Along Galveston Bay, Texas

April 2016

National PrepareAthon! Day on April 30, 2016	Spiny Lobsters, Tropical Cyclones, and Derelict Traps
Looking Back: Six Years Since Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill	Using a NOAA Tool to Evaluate Toxic Doses of Pollution at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation
After Decades of Pollution, Bringing Safe Fishing Back to Kids in Southern California	After Pollution Strikes, Restoring the Lost Cultural Bond Between Tribes and the Environment
From Kayaking to Carbon Storage, What We Stand to Gain (and Lose) from Our Coasts

March 2016

How Do We Measure What We Lose When an Oil Spill Harms Nature?	10 Photos That Tell the Story of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and its Impacts
For the First Time in Decades, Scientists Examine How Oil Spills Might Affect Baleen Whales	Supporting the Response to a Platform Fire and Oil Spill in Bayou Sorrel, Louisiana
During the Chaos of Oil Spills, Seeking a System to Test Potential Solutions	How Much Oil Is on That Ship?
NOAA Scientist Helps Make Mapping Vital Seagrass Habitat Easier and More Accurate

February 2016

Release of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment Final Restoration Plan	Marine Debris Actively Being Removed from the Gulf Region
Discovering Steps to Safeguard Our People and the Places They Live: A Climate Adaptation Training for Coastal Communities	Redrawing the Coast After Sandy: First Round of Updated Environmental Sensitivity Data Released for Atlantic States
How Do We Use Satellite Data During Oil Spills?	What Are Our Options for Restoring Lands Around Washington's Hanford Nuclear Reservation?
How Do You Keep Killer Whales Away From an Oil Spill?	Accidents on a Flooded Lower Mississippi River Keep NOAA Busy with a Rash of Spills
Apply Now for NOAA's First Class Examining the Science of Chemical Spills

January 2016

Alaska Updates Plan for Using Dispersants During Oil Spills	What Do We Know Today About Microbeads and Microplastics in the Ocean?
Working to Reverse the Legacy of Lead in New Jersey's Raritan Bay	Helping a 7-year-old Oceanographer Study Oil Spills in Washington's Waters
Science of Oil Spills Training: Apply for Summer 2016	What's It Like Saving Endangered Baby Sea Turtles in Costa Rica?

December 2015

Our Top 10 New Year's Resolutions for 2016	How Will Climate Change, New Technologies, and Shifting Trade Patterns Affect Global Shipping?
On the Hunt for Shipping Containers Lost off California Coast	Why Is It So Hard to Count the Number of Animals Killed by Oil Spills?
What Was the Fate of Lake Erie's Leaking Shipwreck, the Argo?	CO-OPS Installs New Water Level and Meteorological Station at Lake Pontchartrain
When Vegetable Oil Coats Local Birds, One NOAA Staffer Swaps Computer Software for Rubber Gloves and Soapy Water

November 2015

Risk Communication Training Held at the DRC	Science of Chemical Releases (SOCR) Training at the DRC
NOAA Offers Climate Adaptation Workshop at the DRC	Abandoned Vessel Resource, Florida Debris Response Plan, and Marine Debris Calendars
Alabama Coastal Cleanup	U.S. Coast Guard Holds Leadership and Management School (LAMS) at the DRC
Explore Oil Spill Data for Gulf of Mexico Marine Life With NOAA GIS Tools	Science of Oil Spills (SOS) Training at the DRC
DRC Welcomes Jack Marshall to CO-OPS Gulf Coast Team	Science of Oil Spills Training Now Accepting Applications for Spring 2016
Using NOAA Tools to Help Deal with the Sinking Problem of Wrecked and Abandoned Ships	Remembering the Veterans That Served America and the Historic Shipwrecks They Left Behind
When Boats Don't Float: From Sunken Wrecks to Abandoned Ships	Births Down and Deaths Up in Gulf Dolphins Affected by Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
How Does Oil Get into the Ocean?

October 2015

Stepping on Board the Most Eerie, Neglected Ship I Had Ever Seen	NOAA Involved After Barge Argo, the Lake Erie Shipwreck Lost in 1937, Resurfaces with Oily Leak in U.S. Waters
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Tied to Further Impacts in Shallower Water Corals, New Study Reports	Visualizing How Ocean Currents Help Create the Garbage Patches
What Happens When Oil Spills Meet Massive Islands of Seaweed?	How Do Oil Spills Get Cleaned up on Shore?
NOAA, Deepwater Horizon Trustees Announce Draft Restoration Plans for Gulf of Mexico Following 2010 Disaster

September 2015

Restoration along Oregon's Willamette River Opens up New Opportunities for Business and Wildlife	Watch Divers Restore Coral Reefs Hit by a Huge Ship in Hawaii
Who Pays for Oil Spills?	NOAA Is Supporting Oil Spill Response in Kentucky After Tugs Collide on Mississippi River

August 2015

Podcast: What Was It Like Responding in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina?	Surveying What Hurricane Katrina Swept out to Sea
10 Years after Being Hit by Hurricane Katrina, Seeing an Oiled Marsh at the Center of an Experiment in Oil Cleanup	Thanks, Oil Pollution Act: 25 Years of Enabling Environmental Restoration After Oil Spills
It Took More Than the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill to Pass the Historic Oil Pollution Act of 1990	Expanding a Washington River's Floodplain to Protect Northwest Salmon and Communities
Opening up the Hudson River for Migrating Fish, One Dam at a Time	Melting Permafrost and Camping with Muskoxen: Planning for Oil Spills on Arctic Coasts

July 2015

How Is an Oil Spill in a River Different Than One in the Ocean?	Resilience Starts with Being Ready: Better Preparing Our Coasts to Cope with Environmental Disasters
Science of Oil Spills Training Now Accepting Applications for December 2015	From Board Games to Cookbooks, How the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Infiltrated Pop Culture
For Oil and Chemical Spills, a New NOAA Tool to Help Predict Pollution's Fate and Effects	To Bring Back Healthy California Ocean Ecosystems, NOAA and Partners Are "Planting" Long-Lost Abalone in the Sea
Agreement in Principle with BP to Settle Civil Claims for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill	Orange Oil Is the New Black
From Natural Seeps to a Historic Legacy, What Sets Apart the Latest Santa Barbara Oil Spill

June 2015

From Building B-17 Bombers to Building Habitat for Fish: The Reshaping of an Industrial Seattle River	How to Keep Your Belongings From Becoming Trashed by Hurricanes
How Do Oil Spills out at Sea Typically Get Cleaned Up?	Using Big Data to Restore the Gulf of Mexico
How Beach Cleanups Help Keep Microplastics out of the Garbage Patches	This Is How We Help Make the Ocean a Better Place for Coral
Who Thinks Crude Oil Is Delicious? These Ocean Microbes Do	On the Front Lines of an Oil Spill in My Own Backyard: A Report from Santa Barbara, California

May 2015

Like a Summer Blockbuster, Oil Spills and Hurricanes Can Take the Nation by Storm	NOAA Update on the Santa Barbara Oil Spill
NOAA and Partners Work Quickly to Save Corals Hit by Catamaran in Puerto Rico	NOAA Continues to Support Response to Pipeline Break Spill near Santa Barbara, California
NOAA Joins Response to Pipeline Oil Spill at Refugio State Beach Near Santa Barbara, California	Latest NOAA Study Ties Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill to Spike in Gulf Dolphin Deaths
Transforming Dusty Fields into Vibrant Salt Marshes in San Francisco Bay	Restoration Efforts Hatch Hope for Endangered Seabirds on California's Channel Islands
On the Chesapeake Bay, Turning Artillery Sites and Landfills into Places for Wildlife	5 Key Questions NOAA Scientists Ask During Oil Spills

April 2015

One Step Toward Reducing Chemical Disasters: Sharing with Communities Where Those Chemicals Are Located	NOAA Launches New Data Management Tool for Public Access to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Data
Five Years After Deepwater Horizon, How Is NOAA Preparing for Future Oil Spills?	What Have We Learned About Using Dispersants During the Next Big Oil Spill?
NOAA Builds Tool to Hold Unprecedented Amounts of Data from Studying an Unprecedented Oil Spill	Recalling the Early Hours—and Challenges—of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Who Is Funding Research and Restoration in the Gulf of Mexico After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill?	In Mapping the Fallout from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Developing One Tool to Bring Unity to the Response
In the Wake of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf Dolphins Found Sick and Dying in Larger Numbers Than Ever Before	Five Years After Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf Research Reveals Oil Damages Fish Heart Development

March 2015

At the Bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, Corals and Diversity Suffered After Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill	Attempting to Answer One Question Over and Over Again: Where Will the Oil Go?
Summarizing Five Years of NOAA Research on the Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Dolphins	University of Washington Helps NOAA Examine Potential for Citizen Science During Oil Spills
After an Oil Spill, How—and Why—Do We Survey Affected Shorelines?	NOAA Helps Reverse Pollution Woes for Two Florida Wetland Areas
NOAA Helps Reverse Pollution Woes for Two Florida Wetland Areas	NOAA's Online Mapping Tool ERMA Opens up Environmental Disaster Data to the Public

February 2015

Three and a Half Things You Didn't Know About the History of Oil Spills	How Do You Keep Invasive Species out of America's Largest Marine Reserve?
To Save Corals in an Oahu Bay, First Vacuum up Invasive Algae, Then Apply Sea Urchins	NOAA Assists with Response to Bakken Oil Train Derailment and Fire in West Virginia
NOAA Experts Help Students Study up on Oil Spills and Ocean Science	For Today's Responders, 1937 Texas Tragedy Still Carries Lessons for Avoiding Disaster
Science of Oil Spills Training Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2015	How NOAA Oil Spill Experts Got Involved With Chemical Spill Software
What Does It Take to Clean up the Cleanup From an Oil Spill?	NOAA Partners with University of Washington to Examine How Citizen Science Can Help Support Oil Spill Response
Latest NOAA Mapping Software Opens up New Possibilities for Emergency Responders

January 2015

When Oil Spills Take You to Hawaii and the Yellowstone River in Two Days	Despite Threats, Celebrating Restoration Successes for Seabirds in California
Information about Oil Spills Is at Your Fingertips	Science of Oil Spills Training Now Accepting Applications for Spring 2015
Why Are Seabirds so Vulnerable to Oil Spills?	After a Century Apart, NOAA and Partners Reunite a Former Wetland with San Francisco Bay's Tides

December 2014

Our Top 10 New Year's Resolutions for 2015	NOAA Assisting UN Spill Response Team in Bangladesh
Keep Your Holidays Happy and Your Impact Low	A Final Farewell to Oil Tankers with Single Hulls
Science of Oil Spills Training Now Accepting Applications for Winter 2015	How NOAA Uses Coral Nurseries to Restore Damaged Reefs
When Ships Threaten Corals in the Caribbean, NOAA Dives to Their Rescue

November 2014

Before Breaking Ground for Restoration, Digging for Signs of the Past	After Opening up a Pennsylvania Creek for Fish, Watching Recovery Follow
When the Dynamics of an Oil Spill Shut Down a Nuclear Power Plant	Carrying on a Nearly Fifty Year Tradition, Scientists Examine the Intersection of Pollution and Marine Life
Oil Spills and the Holidays: Black Friday Takes a New Meaning	Preventing Chemical Disasters by Improving our Software Tools

October 2014

How Ghost Fishing Is Haunting Our Ocean	Untangling Both a Whale and Why Marine Life Get Mixed up With Our Trash
The Earth Is Blue and We'd Like to Keep It That Way	An Oiled River Restored: Salmon Return to Alaskan Stream to Spawn
For a Salt Marsh on San Francisco Bay's Eastern Shore, Restoration Means a Return to the Tides	When Planning for Disasters, an Effort to Combine Environmental and Human Health Data
Follow Along as NOAA Clears the Waters of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands	Out of Sandy, Lessons in Helping Coastal Marshes Recover from Storms

September 2014

When the Clock Is Ticking: NOAA Creates Guidelines for Collecting Time-Sensitive Data During Arctic Oil Spills	Protecting, Restoring, and Celebrating Estuaries: Where Salt and Freshwater Meet
Adventures in Developing Tools for Oil Spill Response in the Arctic	10 Unexpected Reasons to Join This Year's International Coastal Cleanup
Science of Oil Spills Training Now Accepting Applications for Fall 2014	Diving for Debris: Washington's Success Story in Fishing Nets out of the Ocean

August 2014

Tweetchat: Preparing for Arctic Oil Spills	What Does the Sahara Desert Have to Do with Hurricanes?
Overcoming the Biggest Hurdle During an Oil Spill in the Arctic: Logistics	On the Chesapeake Bay, Overcoming the Unique Challenges of Bringing Restoration to Polluted Military Sites
OR&R Defines the Issues Surrounding Oil Spill Dispersant Use	How Much Do Coastal Ecosystems Protect People from Storms and What Is It Worth?
A Major Spill in Tampa Bay—21 Years Ago this Month	NOAA Again Joins Coast Guard for Oil Spill Exercise in the Arctic
Mysterious Oil Spill Traced to Vessel Sunk in 1942 Torpedo Attack

July 2014

Buoys Serve as Latest Gardening Tool for Restoring Eelgrass in San Francisco Bay	NOAA Prepares for Bakken Oil Spills as Seattle Dodges Oil Train Explosion
At the Trans Alaska Pipeline's Start, Where 200 Million Barrels of Oil Begin their Journey Each Year	For Alaska's Remote Pribilof Islands, a Tale of Survival and Restoration for People and Seals
You Say Collision, I Say Allision; Let's Sort the Whole Thing Out	With Lobster Poacher Caught, NOAA Fishes out Illegal Traps from Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Two Unlikely Neighbors, Orphans and Industry, Share a Past Along the Delaware River	In Oregon, an Innovative Approach to Building Riverfront Property for Fish and Wildlife
In a Louisiana Marsh, an Uncommon Opportunity to Learn about Burning Oil

June 2014

With NOAA as a Model, India Maps Coastal Sensitivity to Oil Spills	As Oil Sands Production Rises, What Should We Expect at Diluted Bitumen (Dilbit) Spills?
See Restoration in Action for California's Kelp Forests	Follow Along with the State Department's Our Ocean 2014 Conference
What Have We Done for Endangered Species Lately?	Celebrate and Protect the Ocean with us on World Ocean Day
Wishing You a Happy Donut Day (Free of Frying Oil Spills)

May 2014

April Showers Bring ... Marine Debris to Pacific Northwest Beaches?	How to Restore a Damaged Coral Reef: Undersea Vacuums, Power Washers, and Winter Storms
A River Reborn: Restoring Salmon Habitat along Seattle's Duwamish River	Watch Bald Eagle Restoration Come Alive in California's Channel Islands
Who Is Biking to Work in America? NOAA Is!	How Will You Celebrate World Ocean Day?
A Bird's Eye View: Looking for Oil Spills from the Sky

April 2014

Sign up for 2014 NOAA Science Camp in Seattle	National Research Council Releases NOAA-Sponsored Report on Arctic Oil Spills
Booms, Beams, and Baums: The History Behind the Long Floating Barriers to Oil Spills	Watch Art Explain What Kind of Habitat Young Salmon Need to Thrive
NOAA and Partners Invest in an Innovative New Stewardship Program for Washington's Commencement Bay	NOAA Scientists Offer In-depth Workshops at 2014 International Oil Spill Conference
Science of Oil Spills Training Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2014	Little "Bugs" Can Spread Big Pollution Through Contaminated Rivers
Marine Life in Gulf of Mexico Faces Multiple Challenges	University of Washington Partners with NOAA to Research and Prepare for Changes in the Oil and Gas Industry

March 2014

Texas City "Y" Incident: Aftermath of the Oil Spill in Galveston Bay, Texas	Oil Seeps, Shipwrecks, and Surfers Ride the Waves in California
Looking for Information about Oil Spills?	Latest Research Finds Serious Heart Troubles When Oil and Young Tuna Mix
25 Years Later: Timeline of Recovery from Exxon Valdez Oil Spill	Kirby Barge Oil Spill, Houston/Texas City Ship Channel, Port Bolivar, Texas
Remembering the Exxon Valdez: Collecting 25 Years of Memories and Memorabilia	Detecting Changes in a Changing World: 25 Years After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Report: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Revisited 25 Years Later	After the Big Spill, What Happened to the Ship Exxon Valdez?
NOAA and Private Industry Share Data to Improve Our Understanding of the Arctic	What Are Kids Reading About Oil Spills?
Looking Back: What Led up to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill?	After an Oil Spill, Why Does NOAA Count Recreational Fishing Trips People Never Take?
A Pennsylvania Mining Town Moves Beyond Toxic History of Denuded Mountains and Contaminated Creeks

February 2014

Mapping the Problem After Owners Abandon Ship	"Gyre: The Plastic Ocean" Exhibit Puts Ocean Trash on Display in Alaska
Changing Technology Changing Science Changing Us	What Restoration Is in Store for Massachusetts and Rhode Island after 2003 Bouchard Barge 120 Oil Spill?
Happy Valentine's Day from NOAA	How Do You Solve a Problem Like Abandoned Ships?
PCBs: Why Are Banned Chemicals Still Hurting the Environment Today?	NOAA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Correct GE's Misinformation in Latest Hudson River Pollution Report

January 2014

As New Risks Emerge in Producing and Transporting Oil, University of Washington Helps NOAA Plan for Spills	45 Years after the Santa Barbara Oil Spill, Looking at a Historic Disaster Through Technology
Highlighting 2013: Previewing 2014	A Tale of Two Shipwrecks: When History Threatens to Pollute
Florida Panhandle ESI Correction	Updated ESIs to Improve Disaster Response and Planning
When the North Cape Ran Aground off Rhode Island, an Unexpected Career Took Off	Protecting the Great Lakes After a Coal Ship Hits Ground in Lake Erie
As North American Oil Production Explodes, So Do Oil Trains	A Delaware Salt Marsh Finds its way to Restoration by Channeling Success
As NOAA Damage Assessment Rules Turn 18, Restoration Trumps Arguing Over the Price Tag of a Turtle

December 2013

Our Top 10 New Year's Resolutions for 2014	Study Shows Gulf Dolphins in Poor Health following Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Marine Debris 2014 Planners Are Now Available	Science of Oil Spills Training Now Accepting Applications for Spring 2014
A Video Update on California Kelp Restoration from Thank You Ocean	How Do Oil Spills Affect Coral Reefs?

November 2013

Emergency Restoration Is in a Basketful of Coral	NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration Fiscal Year 2013 Accomplishments Report
Recipes for Disaster: Cleaning up After Food Spills	In New Jersey, Celebrating a Revived Marsh and the Man who Made it Possible
Let Maps Open up the World Around You on GIS Day	Alaska ShoreZone: Mapping over 46,000 Miles of Coastal Habitat
Swimming Upstream: Examining the Impacts of Nuclear-age Pollution on Columbia River Salmon	No Solid Mass of Debris from Japan in the Pacific Ocean
Using the Almighty Dollar, NOAA Marine Debris Program Empowers Groups to Keep Coasts Clean	At the Coast Guard Academy, Students Get a Dose of Real-World Response Tools

October 2013

Ready for Anything: Advice in Case of the Undead	Sandy, One Year Later: Where Are We Now?
Above, Under, and Through the Ice: Demonstrating Technologies for Oil Spill Response in the Arctic	When Oil Spills, School Kids Take Note

September 2013

Breaking Ice: A Personal Journey amid Preparations for Arctic Oil Spills	Are We Prepared to Communicate Well During the Next Disaster?
$3.7 Million to go toward Restoring Contaminated Natural Resources in Alabama	Celebrate Where Rivers Meet the Sea during National Estuaries Week
Deep Sea Ecosystem may take Decades to Recover from Deepwater Horizon Spill	After Sandy, Adapting NOAA's Tools for a Changing Shoreline
Molasses and Other Weird Things that Have Spilled	With Eye Toward Restoring Ecosystems, NOAA Releases New Pollution Mapping Tool for Great Lakes
Arctic-bound: Testing Oil Spill Response Technologies Aboard an Icebreaker	NOAA Data on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Plume Now Available Online

August 2013

Apply for a NOAA Marine Debris Removal Grant	From Driving Underwater Scooters to Texting, Hawaii Students Learn Skills for Science Under the Sea
Join the 2013 International Coastal Cleanup and Clean up a Beach Near You	Frozen Hands and Muddy Lagoons: Lessons from Summer Sampling in the Arctic
Podcast: Visit the NOAA Disaster Response Center with Director Charlie Henry	What Is the Current State of Arctic Sea Ice and What's in Store?

July 2013

See What Restoration Looks Like for an Oiled Stream on an Isolated Alaskan Island	How to Survive an Upside-Down Helicopter Crash in the Ocean? Practice
Embarking on the GYRE Expedition: A Scientific and Artistic Study of the Trash on Alaska's Shores	NOAA Supporting Coast Guard after Natural Gas Rig Lost Well Control, Caught Fire in Gulf of Mexico
Kelp Forest Restoration Project Begins off Southern California Coast	Watching Chemical Dispersants at Work in an Oil Spill Research Facility
Transforming an Oregon Watershed, Once Marred by a Gasoline Spill, into Fish-Friendly Habitat	NOAA Launches Online Tool for the Marine Debris Community
UPDATED: Natural Gas Release from Wellhead off the Louisiana Coast	Keeping America the Beautiful this Independence Day

June 2013

NOAA Likes Rivers Too	Why You Should Thank a Hydrographer
Why Are Tropical Storms and Hurricanes Named?	NOAA Opens Its Doors (and Scientists) in City-wide Celebration of Science
NOAA Lifts 14 Metric Tons of Fishing Nets and Plastics from Hawaiian Coral Reefs	Historic New England Town, Once Plagued by Tack Factory's Toxic Pollution, Enjoys Revitalized Coastal Marshes
Celebrate World Ocean Day by Keeping it Clean	Are You Ready for this Summer's Hurricane Season?
Help Us Plan Early Restoration for the Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill

May 2013

Taking a Closer Look at Marine Debris in Your Backyard	Renewal Ahead for Delaware River, Newest Site of Urban Waters Federal Partnership Program
NOAA Report Identifies Shipwrecks with the Potential to Pollute	Over a Century after Texas Strikes Oil, Marsh Restoration Completed for an Old Refinery's Pollution
Is There a Garbage Patch in the Great Lakes?	Behind the Budget: A Look Ahead for NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration
Back to the Shore after Hurricane Sandy	Ready for a Vacation on the Coast? Thank NOAA for Helping Keep it Clean

April 2013

Small Boat Confirmed as First Japan Tsunami Debris to Reach California	Wildlife Webcams Bring NOAA Restoration Projects Live to You
What Do We Know About Transporting Oil Sands in the United States?	NOAA Hosts Forum Exploring Oil Sands and the Challenges of When They Spill
The Oil Spill That Helped a South Carolina Community Transform an Abandoned Naval Golf Course Back into a Healthy Coastal Marsh	When Studying How to Clean Oiled Marshes, NOAA Scientists Have Their Work Cut Out for Them
Announcing ESI Data Online!	Baby Mink Jeopardized by Toxic Chemicals in New York's Hudson River
Texas Restoration Projects to Transform Concrete to Marsh, Undoing Bayou's Pesticide-laden History	After Remaking the Way for Fish, Huge Increases Follow for Migrating Herring in a Massachusetts River
Blizzards, Bombs, and Electrofishing: Assessing an Oiled Creek on Alaska's Remote Aleutian Islands	Japanese Dock Lost in 2011 Tsunami Removed from Washington's Olympic Coast
Zeroing in on Threatened and Endangered Species	Hitting the Road for the South Florida ESI Review
PDF Maps for the Florida Panhandle	Announcing the New ESI Blog
For Accidents of Chemistry, a NOAA Tool to Help Predict and Prevent Disaster

March 2013

What Do Hanford's Latest Nuclear Waste Leaks Mean for Environmental Restoration?	Removal Operations Continue for Navy Mine Ship on Philippine Coral Reef
NOAA, Dow Chemical Collaborate on Update to Federal Chemical Safety Software Tool	Marine Debris Student Art Contest Winners Announced
From Rubber Ducks to Dog Food, Spilling Everything But Oil	No Oil Spilled, Though Fire Continues after Tug and Barge Hit Gas Pipeline near Louisiana's Bayou Perot
For Submerged Oil Pollution in Western Gulf of Mexico, Restoration Is Coming After 2005 DBL 152 Oil Spill	Two Years after Japan Tsunami, Beached Dock to be Removed from Washington's Olympic Coast
Alcoa Aluminum Factories Settle $19.4 Million for Pollution of St. Lawrence River Watershed, Most Will Fund Restoration of Tribal Culture, Recreational Fishing, and Habitat	NOAA and Canadian Partners Share Arctic Data Across Borders
Déjà vu on the Sheboygan River: Transitioning from Cleanup to Restoration in Wisconsin	Get Answers to All Your Questions about Japan Tsunami Marine Debris
From Paper to Pixels: Mapping Pollution Response in the Digital Age	Broken Louisiana Wellhead No Longer Leaking Oily Mixture

February 2013

Ships Aground on Coral Reefs, Then and Now: The USS Guardian vs. NOAA Ship Fathomer	$2 Million in Aquatic Restoration Projects Proposed for Polluted Housatonic River in Connecticut
When Setting Fire to an Oil Spill in a Flooded Louisiana Swamp is a Good Thing	Where Are the Pacific Garbage Patches?
NOAA Heritage Week 2013

January 2013

Digging for Data at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium	Japan Confirms Dock on Washington Coast Is Tsunami Marine Debris
International Council Agrees to Cooperate on Marine Oil Pollution Issues in the Arctic	Report Reveals Hudson River and Wildlife Have Suffered Decades of Extensive Chemical Contamination
Looking out for Sea Lions and Salmon Before a Grounded Rig Could Spill a Drop of Oil	New Legislation Expands Scope of NOAA Marine Debris Program to Deal with Natural Disaster Debris
Rig Refloated: Update on Efforts to Mobilize Grounded Drill Rig Kulluk in Alaska	NOAA Responds to Shell Drilling Rig Kulluk Grounding in Gulf of Alaska

December 2012

NOAA Tracks Path of Possible Japan Tsunami Dock off Washington Coast	Getting the Download During a Disaster: Mapping the Hurricane Sandy Pollution Response
What Are the Increased Risks From Transporting Tar Sands Oil?	Submit Your Comments: Studying Decades of Environmental Injuries at the Hanford Nuclear Site
Government of Japan Gifts NOAA $5 Million to Address Tsunami Marine Debris	A Trip to the Arctic, Where Shrinking Ice Is Creating Bigger Concerns

November 2012

A Train Derails in Paulsboro, N.J., Releasing 23,000 Gallons of Toxic Vinyl Chloride Gas	The Western Flyer: A Sunken Piece of Literary History Is Raised from the Depths
Submit Your Comments: Projects to Improve Bird and Sea Turtle Nesting Habitats Injured in Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill	Study Reveals D.C. Community near Anacostia River Are Eating and Sharing Contaminated Fish
NOAA Prepared to Deal with Longer-Term Pollution Impacts after Hurricane Sandy	NOAA Awards $500,000 to Research Projects Exploring Impacts of Chemical Dispersants on Marine Habitats
Latest Winter Storm Slows But Does Not Worsen Post-Hurricane Sandy Cleanup	Three Powerful Tools for Restoring the Gulf of Mexico
Post Hurricane Sandy, NOAA Aids Hazardous Spill Cleanup in New Jersey and New York	How a Disaster Changed the Face of Ocean Conservation

October 2012

OR&R Responds to Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy	Hurricane Sandy Hits the East Coast, NOAA Response Staff at the Ready
An Insider's Look at How NOAA Keeps Trash out of the Ocean	NOAA Opens Disaster Response Center in Gulf of Mexico
The Never-ending History of Life on a Rock	With Skiff Found off Maui, NOAA and Partners Confirm Hawaii's Latest Reports of Japan Tsunami Marine Debris
A Superfund Success for Marsh Restoration near Galveston Bay, Texas

September 2012

Help Avert Disaster with CAMEO Chemicals for Your Smartphone	Weeks Later, Responders Still Dealing with Pollution Left in Hurricane Isaac's Wake
Making the Best of a Catch in Whale-Friendly Lobster Fishing	Healthy Habitat, Healthy Economy: Restoration Creates American Jobs
NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration Responds to Hurricane Isaac in the Gulf	Fishing for Energy: Where Old Fishing Gear Goes to Retire

August 2012

Tropical Storm Isaac Past, Responders Continue Removing Grounded Ship from Corals near Puerto Rico	The Toxicity of Oil: What's the Big Deal?
Small Japanese Boat Found near Vancouver Island, Canada, Even as Summer Currents Hold Marine Debris at Bay for now	Chemistry of an Oil Spill
With Restoration, Will Willamette River Lampreys Rebound for Northwest Tribes?	Giving Communities the Dollars to Restore America's Rivers
What to Do If You Find Marine Debris from the Japan Tsunami	NOAA Hauls 50 Metric Tons of Debris out of Hawaiian Waters

July 2012

NOAA Launches ERMA Mapping Tool for Responding to Arctic Oil Spills	What NOAA Does for the Beaches of Brigantine
How Much Would it Cost to Clean up the Pacific Garbage Patches?	Waking up to our Relationship with Oil
Salmon Habitat Successfully Restored after 2006 Diesel Spill in Washington's Cascade Mountains	How Would Chemical Dispersants Work on an Arctic Oil Spill?
How Is Japan Tsunami Marine Debris Cleaned up on the West Coast?

June 2012

Living in the Age of Plastic: Conserving Plastic vs. Conserving the Environment from Plastic	The Ship M/V Jireh Runs Aground a Coral Reef in Puerto Rico
How Big Is the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch"? Science vs. Myth	Mapping How Sensitive the Coasts Are to Oil Spills
Restoration Amid Hanford's Nuclear Waste and the Largest Environmental Cleanup in the U.S.	Mussel Memory: How a Long-Term Marine Pollution Program Got New Life
A NOAA Scientist's Message on World Ocean Day: Follow Your Interests on Whatever Path They Take You	Building Relationships out on the Ice in the Arctic Circle

May 2012

NOAA Celebrates Science in Seattle This June	Bringing Urban Waterfronts Back to Life: Philadelphia Edition
Mapping Safety, the Free and Easy Way	Help NOAA Research Chemical Dispersants and Oil Spills

April 2012

Getting Ready for Offshore Oil Drilling in Cuba and the Bahamas	Are Your Clothes Shedding Plastic Into the Ocean?
Picking up 52.9 Million Plastic Cigarette Butts off Beaches	Early Restoration to Begin in Gulf of Mexico After Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill
Japanese Soccer Ball Lost During Tsunami Washes Up in Alaska	56 years after Gruesome Chemical Catastrophe, Science Prevented Second Texas City Disaster
100 Years After the Titanic and the Dangers of Sea Ice	New NOAA Model Improves Understanding of Potential Paths of Japan Tsunami Debris
The Search for Microplastics: From Face Scrubs to the Sea

March 2012

Some Gulf Dolphins Severely Ill, Says Study by NOAA and Partners	More Than Two Decades Later, Have Killer Whales Recovered from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill?
Solid Returns: NOAA Prepares for Future Oil Spills in the Arctic	Restoration to Begin after 2007 Oil Spill in San Francisco Bay
A Massive Watershed Fix for the Delaware River	One Year Later: Aftermath and Debris of the Japan Tsunami
Solid Returns: Response and Restoration Efforts Create Big Economic Benefits to Coastal Communities	Restoration Planning to Begin for 2010 Kalamazoo River Oil Spill

February 2012

Science of Oil Spills Training Now Accepting Applications	BSEE and NOAA to Complete Arctic Oil Spill Response Mapping Tool
Investigating Environmental Impacts of the Kalamazoo River Oil Spill	Constituent and Legislative Affairs Intern

January 2012

Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Trustees Call for Public Input on Early Restoration of the Gulf	Supporting the Winter Fuel Delivery to Nome, Alaska
NRDA Trustees Announce $1 Billion Agreement to Fund Early Gulf Coast Restoration Projects	Tracking Marine Debris from the Japanese Tsunami
$36.8 Million Settlement to Restore Natural Resources and Improve Recreational Opportunities in Areas Affected by Cosco Busan Oil Spill Will Address Impacts from Ship that Struck the Bay Bridge	NOAA’s Spill Response Team Nominated for Service to America Honors

September 2011

Fishing for Energy Partnership Collects Over 1 Million Pounds of Abandoned Fishing Gear

$44 Million Natural Resource Damage Settlement to Restore San Francisco Bay After Cosco Busan Oil Spill