RESTORE Council Planning Framework Draft Public Comment Correspondences Comment Period: April 26 - June 19, 2019 1. Comments Received During Webinars ......................................................................................... 3 1a. Georgia Ackerman, Apalachicola Riverkeeper.............................................................................................................. 3 1b. Sally Bakko, City of Galveston ...................................................................................................................................... 3 1c. Jessica Bibza, National Wildlife Federation ................................................................................................................... 3 1d. Darryl Boudreau ............................................................................................................................................................ 3 1e. Janet Bowman The Nature Conservancy ...................................................................................................................... 3 1f. Jackie Cole, Galveston City Council .............................................................................................................................. 3 1g. Jim Muller, Bay County Board of County Commissioners ............................................................................................ 3 1h. Adrienne Ruhl ................................................................................................................................................................ 3 1i. Paul Sanchez-Navarro, Defenders of Wildlife ................................................................................................................ 3 1j. Dan Tonsemeire, Apalachicola Riverkeeper .................................................................................................................. 3 1k. Christina Wayne The Nature Conservancy / GulfCorps ................................................................................................ 3 1l. Andrew Whitehurst, Healthy Gulf (formerly Gulf Restoration Network) ......................................................................... 4 2. Comments Received In-Person at Alabama Public Meeting ....................................................... 4 2a. Mark Berte, Executive Director, Alabama Coastal Foundation (ACF) .......................................................................... 4 2b. Zach Hood, Director, Baldwin County Emergency Agency ........................................................................................... 4 2c. Cade Kistler, Program Director, Mobile Bay Keeper ..................................................................................................... 4 2d. Johnny Marquez, Director Coastal Programs, MS Wildlife Federation ......................................................................... 5 2e. Christina Wayne, Gulf Corps Program Specialist, The Nature Conservancy ............................................................... 5 3. Comments Received In-Person at Louisiana Public Meeting ..................................................... 6 3a. Ivy Mathieu, St. John the Baptist Parish Coastal Advisory Group ................................................................................ 6 3b. Raymond Sweet, RIVER Institute ................................................................................................................................. 6 3c. Thao Vu, Director of the Mississippi Coalition Vietnamese Fisherfolk and Families..................................................... 6 4. Comments Received In-Person at Florida Public Meeting .......................................................... 7 4a. Holden Foley, Field Supervisor, Gulf Conservation Corps of the Forgotten Emerald Coast ........................................ 7 4b. Ethan Fraiser, Crew Member, Gulf Conservation Corps of the Forgotten Emerald Coast ........................................... 7 4c. Ronald Henderson, Crew Member, Gulf Conservation Corps of the Forgotten Emerald Coast ................................... 7 4d. Trenton Lee, Crew Member, Gulf Conservation Corps of the Forgotten Emerald Coast ............................................. 7 4e. Branden Osburn, Crew Leader, Gulf Conservation Corps of the Forgotten Emerald Coast ........................................ 7 4f. Connor Smith, Crew Member, Gulf Conservation Corps of the Forgotten Emerald Coast ............................................ 7 4g. Joe Taylor, Executive Director, Gulf Conservation Corps of the Forgotten Emerald Coast ......................................... 7 4h. Kent Wimmer, Senior Representative, Defenders of Wildlife Comment ....................................................................... 8 5. Comments Received In-Person at Mississippi Public Meeting ................................................... 8 5a. Ryan Bradley, Director, Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United, .............................................................................. 8 5b. Garrett Burrows, Program Associate, Corps Network ................................................................................................... 8 5c. Lauren Kissel, Program Manager, Gulf Corps Conservation Crew: Climb CDC Gulfport ............................................. 9 1 5d. Jill Mastrototaro, Policy Director, Audubon Mississippi ................................................................................................. 9 5e. Stephanie Mathes, Director of Gulf Operations, The Corps Network ........................................................................... 9 5f. Howard Page, North Gulfport Community Land Trust ................................................................................................. 10 5g. Thao Vu, Director, Mississippi Coalition for Vietnamese American Fisherfolk ........................................................... 10 6. Comments Received In-Person at Texas Public Meeting .......................................................... 11 6a. David Garza, Cameron County Commissioner, Precinct 3 ......................................................................................... 11 6b. Aurelio Guerra, Willacy County Judge ........................................................................................................................ 11 6c. Jose Hinojosa, Santa Cruz Irrigation District, General Manager ................................................................................. 11 6d. Dan McLendon, American Conservation Experience/AmeriCorps, Director ............................................................... 12 6e. Scott Moorhead, Audubon ........................................................................................................................................... 12 6f. Joe Vega, Cameron County Parks, Director ................................................................................................................ 12 7. Comments Received via Digital Submission .............................................................................. 12 7a. Sally Bakko on Behalf of Mayor Jim Yarbrough, City of Galveston ............................................................................ 12 7b. Alexis Baldera, Ocean Conservancy ........................................................................................................................... 14 7c. Robert Bendick Director, The Nature Conservancy Gulf of Mexico Program ............................................................. 15 7d. Cathleen Breslin Berthelot, Environmental Defense Fund .......................................................................................... 17 7f. Colleen Forest on Behalf of Wei Wang, Railroad Commission of Texas ..................................................................... 22 7g. Alberto Galan, Calcasieu Parish Police Jury (PEPC 51) ............................................................................................ 22 7i. David Muth, Director of Gulf Restoration, The National Wildlife Federation ................................................................ 24 7j. Matt Posner, RESTORE Program Manager, Escambia County Natural Resources Management Department ......... 27 7k. Tim Richardson on Behalf of the Chenier Plain Alliance ............................................................................................. 28 7l. Tim Richardson on Behalf of Beaumont Mayor Becky Ames County Government ..................................................... 29 7m. Tim Richardson on Behalf of Mayor Jeff R. Branick, Jefferson County Judge .......................................................... 30 7n. Charlotte Runzel on behalf of Kara Lankford, National Audubon Society .................................................................. 30 7o. Marcos Silva ................................................................................................................................................................ 33 7p. Laura Stone, Mobile Baykeeper .................................................................................................................................. 33 7q. Kenneth Teague .......................................................................................................................................................... 35 7r. Dan Tonsmeire ............................................................................................................................................................