Boats waiting In Venice

With rough seas, 6-8 ft. boats with boom are waiting to go out

Boat returning Venice, LA

Some boats went out but were sent back in

Emergency Response

BP Outreach Coordinator

Brian Kinnear BP Outreach at Plaquemine Town Hall Meeting

Empire Marshes

Oil Storage tanks, Hurricane damage and eroding coastline

Plaquemine Marshes

Captain RIchie Blink

Richie is a crewboat captain, third generation commercial fisherman, wetlands preservationist

Two Industries of Plaquemine

Two things that sustain the  economy of this parish, fishing and oil industry, sharing the marshes

Beautiful Places

Philip Simmons

Phillip is presently raising catle in Marshes of Plaquemine and has a Marine Company  that rents small barges and boats.  He has worked as a commercial fisherman and  in the oil industry, sometime both at the same time

Richie & Phillip

Richie Blink and Phillip Simmons discussing the pending intrusion of oil

Terrain

Phillip's Land Erosion

Phillip took us to his family land and graveyard, the place he grew up is now a marsh

Bird Rescue Demonstration

BP's PR attempt to reassure the press corp they were ready to clean birds

Mobile Wildlife Rescue

Acy Cooper

Great man, spokesman for the Plaquemine parish fisherman and VP of Louisiana Shrimpers Association

Not quite Right

All seemed like a regular day except the BP workers were everywhere

Normal Day

Life as usual, guides cleaning fish and barges traveling the Mississippi River