Talk:Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force

Peer Review Suggestions

You have some great information. It just needs a little bit of organization to make it look more like a Wikipedia article.

I would jump to a clear definition of this organization in the first sentence of the article. For example: The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force is the organization created by President Barack Obama to recover from the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and preserve the ecosystem of the Gulf Coast. Your introduction doesn't need to tell a story. Just briefly define the organization above the contents box and describe its context in the background section.

You should take out words like "vital." We all know the Gulf Coast's ecosystem is vital, but this makes you look biased.

Under "Executive Order" and "Functions," add some bullet points for clear organization of the task force members and their objectives.

Bullet points might be good for the member list and meetings too. I would use a footnote for meeting agendas instead of providing the direct link.

Instead of "Coastal Erosion Information," I might call it "Main objectives" and then explain "Proposed solutions for coastal erosion." You could also mention coastal erosion only briefly and link to its Wikipedia page.

Specific points: Typo-Under "Leadership," don't capitalize "states." I don't think you need "aforementioned oil spill" since you've only talked about one.

Emilyhholden (talk) 01:32, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Peer Review Continued

Looks great Erin! I thought you had a lot of great information, it was very unbiased and very succinct. I agree with most of Emily's comments, and I also noticed that you had in the introduction that you said that the ecosystem preservation was "more important" than figuring out who should pay for the damages. I don't think it's a big deal, but it just stuck out to me as mayyybe potentially biased. I agree that bullet points might be helpful for discussing the objectives of the task force. Also-- is the point of the task force to deal with coastal erosion in general or coastal erosion as a result of the oil spill? Or was the oil spill the trigger that caught the Obama administration's attention? Overall, I think you've done a great job with it. Ashcarv (talk) 06:26, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

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Gulf Coast Ecosystem

This is actually an important article, especially considering the level of membership participation. It seems strange that it apparently has not crossed the keys of editors (or anyone) to create Gulf Coast Ecosystem. I will look into this shortly. At my age that could be next week or next month. Otr500 (talk)

update

The article is tagged as "needs to be updated" since 2019. Equally important to this article, the Gulf Coast Ecosystem, and the state of Louisiana, was the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act (RESTORE Act) established in July 2012 as a result of the The "Oil Pollution Act", President Obama's Presidential Executive Order 13554, and the creation of this task force. The act created the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council as well as the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Trust Fund, to fund projects in the five gulf coast states. The act also created state councils (trustees) to oversee the individual state's projects. Gulf Spill Restoration. The Restore Act also created the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council). The Council includes the Governors of the States of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, as well as the Secretaries of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Army, Department of Commerce, Department of Homeland Security, the Department of the Interior, and the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.Restorethegulf.org About us

• Alabama: Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council (Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council (AGCRC)), A 10-member council to be be chaired by Alabama’s Governor and co-chaired by the Director of the Alabama State Port Authority, to assist with recovery efforts.
• Florida: Florida Department of Environmental Protection (About Florida’s Deepwater Horizon Program
• Louisiana: Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) CPRA
• Mississippi: RESTORE Mississippi Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Restoration and
• Texas: Coastal Restoration Funding for Texas from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Enough so far. -- Otr500 (talk) 21:36, 1 August 2024 (UTC)