Deepwater Horizon Information Page for the Alligator Point Communities

AREA CONTACTS

Sam Rogers, Alligator Point Taxpayers Association President

srogerssr@aol.com or 850-349-2016

Steve Fling, Fire Chief and President of the AP/St. Teresa Volunteer Fire Department — Pre-Spill Cleanup

flingonthepoint@msn.com or 850-349-2720

Paul Parker, Harbor Point Realty — Pre Spill Cleanup

paul@harborpointrealty.com or 850-349-9599

Bill Wargo, Alligator Point Sea Turtle Patrol, Inc.- Sea Turtles and Sea Life in and around Alligator Point

wargobill@earthlink.net or 850-349-2295

Cheryl Sanders, Franklin County Commissioner

cheryl@franklincountyflorida.com or 850-697-2534

Pamela Brownell, Franklin County Emergency Management Director

em1frank@gtcom.net or 850-653-8977

NEWS

Press Releases from the Franklin County Emergency Management Office (scroll down the screen for Press Release)

http://www.franklinemergencymanagement.com/local_incident_update_page.htm

Press Releases from Florida Department of Environmental Protection

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/deepwaterhorizon/default.htm

Press Releases from Deepwater Horizon Unified Command

www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931

Press Briefing Videos

http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doctype/2931/53983

USCG Sector Mobile Digital Area Contingency Plan

http://ocean.floridamarine.org/AC/MOBACP/StartHere.html

Oil Spill Academic Task Force

http://oilspill.fsu.edu/images-maps.php

LOCAL NEWS

Oyster Radio

http://www.oysterradio.blogspot.com/

Channel 7 (Panama City)

http://www.panhandleparade.com/index.php/mbb/home/

Tallahassee Democrat

http://topics.gannett.com/oil+spill/?template=tallahassee

To Volunteer in Franklin County

The "Apalachicola Riverkeeper" is coordinating the volunteer pre-spill clean-up effort in Franklin County. Pre-cleaning beaches makes the task of cleaning beaches from an oil spill much easier.

Apalachicola Riverkeeper – Coordinator for the Overall Volunteer Effort in Franklin County

Oil Spill Recovery (Riverkeeper web site for the volunteer effort)

http://oilspillrecovery.org/

The Alligator Point pre-spill cleanup is coordinated by the Volunteer Fire Department and Harbor Point Realty.

Site Coordinators:

Steve Fling, flingonthepoint@msn.com or 850-349-2720

Dini Dolan, dini@harborpointrealty.com or 850-349-9599

Paul Parker paul@harborpointrealty.com or 850-349-9599

Volunteer Florida

http://www.volunteerfloridadisaster.org/#Beach

Air and Water Quality Monitoring

Air Monitoring by EPA

http://www.epa.gov/bpspill/air.html

http://gulfcoast.airnowtech.org/

Water Monitoring by EPA

http://www.epa.gov/bpspill/water.html

 

 

 

Maps

Projection Maps and Trajectory Maps

http://deepwaterhorizon.noaa.gov/#downloads

http://oilspill.fsu.edu/projections.php

USGC Geographic Response Plan Map

http://ocean.floridamarine.org/ACP/MOBACP/GRP_MAPS/W.FL-56.pdf

http://ocean.floridamarine.org/ACP/MOBACP/GRP_MAPS/W.FL-59.pdf

http://oilspill.fsu.edu/images-maps.php

Sensitive Areas and Booming Plan for St. James Island (St. Teresa, Alligator Point, Bald Point)

NOAA Issued Fact Sheets

http://deepwaterhorizon.noaa.gov/factsheets.html#oilspilldownloads

Wildlife /Sea Life Affected by the Oil Spill – Contact Info

Sea Turtles and Sea Life in and around Alligator Point contact Bill Wargo, Alligator Point Sea Turtle Patrol, Inc.

wargobill@earthlink.net or 850-349-2295

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

http://myfwc.com/NEWSROOM/Resources/News_Resources_OilSpill_Index.htm

Gulf Specimen Marine Lab (Panacea)

http://gulfspecimen.org/ContactUs.html

FSU Coastal Marine Lab (Turkey Point)

http://www.marinelab.fsu.edu/

Alligator Harbor Aquatic Preserve

Contact Kim Wren (850) 670-4783

Bald Point State Park

http://www.floridastateparks.org/baldpoint/default.cfm

Visitor Information

Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce

http://www.apalachicolabay.org/

Carrabelle Area Chamber of Commerce

http://www.carrabellechamber.org/notices.aspx

Franklin County Tourist Development Council

http://www.anaturalescape.com/

Harbor Point Realty

http://www.harborpointrealty.com/

Visit Florida

http://www.visitflorida.com/florida_travel_advisory/