Partners:
Fundraising Events:
BAY for the BAYOU
September 19th
San Francisco, CA
http://www.forthebayou.org
Benefit the Bayou
September 27th
Wellfleet, MA
http://benefitthebayou.org
Be a Gulf Saver Restore the Gulf
Donate a Gulf Saver Bag to the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRLC) and the Gulf Response Involvement Team (GRIT).
Your donation of $25 delivers one Gulf Saver Bag to the Gulf Coast wetlands for restoration of vital ecosystems and habitats!
The Gulf Restoration Involvement Team has 30,000 registered VOLUNTEERS and the BOATS waiting to deploy YOUR DONATED GULF SAVER BAG TODAY!
What is a Gulf Saver Bag:
The Gulf Saver Bag is a package of native marsh grasses with its own supply of totally natural nutrients and billions of oil eating micro-organisms to support, feed and protect the marsh grasses, promoting survival and growth to stabilize and restore the ecosystems and habitats
Gulf Saver Bags
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers standard biodegradable burlap (sand) bags (Weight and size adapted for easy handling by volunteers)
- Filled with special all natural organic humus (not sand), loaded with
- - Billions of all natural oil eating microorganisms, already being used by Nature
- - All natural organic nutrients for maximum plant survivability and growth
- Native marsh grasses vital to protecting and restoring the wetlands "plugged" into the Bags
Each Gulf Saver Bag protects and restores one foot of wetlands
Be a part of the solution
It's about protecting the Gulf Coast from the on going damage from the millions of gallons of oil washing into the wetlands from the Deep Water Horizon catastrophe, the Worst Environmental Disaster in North American history.
The oil smothers the wetland plants, the fabric that holds together these essential ecosystems.
Every day 50 acres of wetland ecosystems and habitats are lost—an area about the size of one football field every 30 minutes. To make matters worse, these wetlands and marsh grasses are all that is left of the once sprawling ecosystems and habitats in the Gulf of Mexico.
This fragile area is the natural home and breeding grounds for shrimp, crabs, oysters, and more than 5 million migratory birds. The wetlands are the backbone of the Gulf Coast's fishing industry, an essential part of the region's economic livelihood.
The shoreline wetlands and barrier islands are the also first line of defense protecting the area's populations against the fury of Gulf storms.