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Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton offloads seized contraband

Nov. 24, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard medevacs passenger from cruise ship 231 miles southeast of Wilmington, N.C., and more

Coast Guard medevacs passenger from cruise ship 231 miles southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina; Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton offloads approximately $504 million in cocaine, marijuana at Port Everglades, Florida; and Coast Guard taps second ship as party of interest in oil spill

An aerial shot of the tidal flats and marshlands in southern Louisiana, taken June 25, provides an idea of just how difficult oil clean-up operations would be in such a shallow and densely vegetated environ. Coast Guard members and civilian boat crews are working to boom off inlets to these areas in order to prevent contamination of one of the Gulf Coast's most sensitive ecosystems.

July 12, 2021

The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council has announced $302 million in funding to address ecosystem needs across throughout the Gulf of Mexico  

The funding decision supports restoration activities spanning the Gulf Coast states impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill 

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