Efforts to restore Gulf coastline follow BP disaster

As the BP oil disaster unfolded, tens of thousands of people from all over the world signed up to volunteer in the Gulf of Mexico. But opportunities were scarce. Much of the clean-up was restricted to full-time workers with special training and professionals with wildlife experience. But some found ways to help the coastline, even if it wasn’t directly related to the oil spill. FSRN’S Katjusa Cisar signed up with one environmental group to help restore marshes in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. She files this Reporter’s Notebook about her experiences.

Volunteers often worked in pairs with planting -- one to dig a hole, the other to stick in a plug of marsh grass.