Apalachicola OSPREY Program
NRDA Vehicle A Ford Pick up
OSPREY volunteers document a NRDA [Natural Resource Damage Assessment} Team, deployed to obtain data from sediment samples from Apalachicola Bay. The Team's vessels, docked at the Apalachicola River Bridge Pier, consist of three state-of-the-art, custom SRHI vessels that are shallow draft, and rigged with heavy duty towing pylons. One of the crew told us these vessels, each powered by twin 200 hp Mercury OptiMax, can reach speeds of 60 MPH. Also aboard the vessels and in nearby vehicles are containers and equipment necessary to obtain sediment samples using NRDA prescribed protocols. The sampling data obtained will be used to help determine the extent of damage, if any, caused to Apalachicola Bay, as a result of the Summer 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. We hope they pilot those conspicuous red vessels safely, mind those pesky oyster bars everywhere they look, and do a meticulous job of obtaining and transporting those sediment cores to the laboratory!
NRDA Vehicle A Ford Pick up
OSPREY volunteers document a NRDA [Natural Resource Damage Assessment} Team, deployed to obtain data from sediment samples from Apalachicola Bay. The Team's vessels, docked at the Apalachicola River Bridge Pier, consist of three state-of-the-art, custom SRHI vessels that are shallow draft, and rigged with heavy duty towing pylons. One of the crew told us these vessels, each powered by twin 200 hp Mercury OptiMax, can reach speeds of 60 MPH. Also aboard the vessels and in nearby vehicles are containers and equipment necessary to obtain sediment samples using NRDA prescribed protocols. The sampling data obtained will be used to help determine the extent of damage, if any, caused to Apalachicola Bay, as a result of the Summer 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. We hope they pilot those conspicuous red vessels safely, mind those pesky oyster bars everywhere they look, and do a meticulous job of obtaining and transporting those sediment cores to the laboratory!