Gulf gets more restoration projects from BP fund

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell says coastal resiliency is important to President Barack Obama's climate action plan.

Jewell was at a national park outside New Orleans Friday to describe the latest round of efforts to help the Gulf Coast recover from the 2010 BP oil spill.

Money for the 44 projects is coming from a $1 billion fund BP created in 2011.

Of the projects, 16 have been added in Florida since a preliminary announcement last spring. The new projects raise Florida's total fund allocation from about $73 million to more than $105 million, and boost the Gulf-wide total to $627 million.

More than $300 million will remain in the fund once final approval is granted to the new projects.

 ALABAMA

$85.5 million — Gulf State Park Enhancement Project

$5 million — Alabama Swift Tract Living Shoreline

$3.2 million — Alabama Oyster Cultch Restoration

ALABAMA TOTAL: $93.7 MILLION

 FLORIDA

$10.8 million — Beach Enhancement Project at Gulf Island National Seashore

$4 million — Gulf Islands National Seashore Ferry Project

$775,605 — Florida Cat Point Living Shoreline Project

$10.8 million — Florida Pensacola Bay Living Shoreline Project

$2.7 million — Florida Seagrass Recovery Project

$588,500 — Perdido Key State Park Beach Boardwalk Improvements

$1.5 million — Big Lagoon State Park Boat Ramp Improvement

$1 million — Bob Sikes Pier Parking and Trail Restoration

$11.5 million — Florida Artificial Reefs

$18.8 million — Florida Fish Hatchery

$2.9 million — Scallop Enhancement for Increased Recreational Fishing Opportunity in the Florida Panhandle

$882,750 — Shell Point Beach Nourishment

$611,234 — Perdido Key Dune Restoration Project

$5.4 million — Florida Oyster Cultch Placement Project

$3.2 million — (asterisk)Strategically Provided Boat Access Along Florida's Gulf Coast

$743,276 — (asterisk)Walton County Boardwalks and Dune Crossovers

$2.1 million — (asterisk)Gulf County Recreation Projects

$470,800 — (asterisk)Bald Point State Park Recreation Areas

$1.8 million — (asterisk)Enhancements of Franklin County Parks and Boat Ramps

$262,989 — (asterisk)Appalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area Fishing and Wildlife Viewing Access Improvements

$1.2 million — (asterisk)Navarre Beach Park Gulfside Walkover Complex

$614,630 — (asterisk)Navarre Beach Park Coastal Access

$309,669 — (asterisk)Gulf Breeze Wayside Park Boat Ramp

$2.6 million — (asterisk)Developing Enhanced Recreational Opportunities at the Escribano Point Portion of the Yellow River WMA

$10.2 million — (asterisk)Norriego Point Restoration and Recreation Project

$588,500 — (asterisk)Deer Lake State Park Development

$993,649 — (asterisk)City of Parker, Oak Shore Drive Pier

$2 million — (asterisk)Panama City Marina Fishing Pier, Boat Ramp and Staging Docks

$1.5 million — (asterisk)Wakulla Marshes Sands Park Improvements

$4.6 million — (asterisk)Northwest Florida Estuarine Habitat Restoration, Protection and Education, Fort Walton Beach

FLORIDA TOTAL: $105.5 million

 LOUISIANA:

$318.4 million — Louisiana Outer Coast Restoration

$22 million — Louisiana Marine Fisheries Enhancement, Research, and Science Center

LOUISIANA TOTAL: $340.4 million

 MISSISSIPPI

$50 million — Hancock County Marsh Living Shoreline Project

$10.4 million — Restoration Initiatives at the INFINITY Science Center

$4.7 million — Popp's Ferry Causeway Park

$3.8 million — Pascagoula Beach Front Promenade

MISSISSIPPI TOTAL: $68.9 million

 TEXAS

$10.7 million — Galveston Island State Park Beach Development

$3.5 million — Matagorda Artificial Reef Project

$2.1 million — Freeport Artificial Reef Project

$1.8 million — Mid/Upper Texas Coast Artificial Reef Ship Reef Project1

$210,100 — Sea Rim State Park Improvements

TEXAS TOTAL: $18.4 million

 GRAND TOTAL: $627 million

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