Almost $205 million in Deepwater Horizon settlement money will be spent to help Louisiana’s ongoing recovery from the 2010 offshore disaster, officials announced Wednesday.
The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group, which is responsible for the oversight, planning, and implementation of Deepwater Horizon oil spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment settlement funds in Louisiana, approved $204.7 million for a variety of projects. Goals include helping the development of Louisiana oyster beds, increasing oyster production, improving the response effort for stranded dolphins and whales, and creating approximately 1,200 acres of marsh in the upper Barataria Basin, officials said.
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