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In addition to tragically losing the lives of 11 workers, The Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the coast of Louisiana is gearing up to be one of the largest ecological disasters of our lives. We started this feature article in the May edition of Sustainable Environments, and have provided updates in each edition since then. To view these articles, click on the Previous Newsletters link at the top of the newsletter on the main page.
As of July 20, 2010, approximately 17,500 National Guard troops have been authorized (1,644 are active), 42,500 personnel are currently responding to protect the shoreline/wildlife and cleanup the coastlines, over 5,300 vessels are responding, 3.47 million feet of containment boom and 7.48 million feet of sorbent boom have been deployed, nearly 34.5 million gallons of oil-water mixture have been recovered, approximately 1.84 million gallons of dispersant have been deployed (1.07 million on surface and 771,000 subsea), over 411 controlled burns have been conducted, and 17 staging areas have been set up to protect vital shoreline. Approximately 631 miles of the Gulf Coast shoreline is currently oiled (364 miles in Louisiana, 110 miles in Mississippi, 69 miles in Alabama, and 88 miles in Florida). Approximately 83,927 square miles of federal waters are closed to fishing, with 65 percent open.
The article below features Michael Martin, who was sent to the Gulf by F. X. Browne, Inc. to rescue oiled birds. To view the video, visit http://www.wcax.com/global/video.asp?clipId=4910143&autostart=true.
Adirondack Scientist Helps With Gulf
Cleanup
Harrietstown, New York June 30, 2010
Michael Martin sits in his office at Cedar Eden Environmental on
Route 86 in Harrietstown. He just returned from a two week mission to the Gulf
of Mexico. Martin is freshwater scientist who was hired to help with the
disaster down south.
"It really makes your heart sink when you see this oil out there just floating
free," Martin said.
He worked 12-hour days with several other people, rescuing waterfowl from the
water and nesting islands around Grand Isle, La., about 50 miles west of the
gusher on the ocean floor.
"Most of the birds were alive; they were moderately soaked but could still fly.
But they would tire very easily," Martin explained. "Once we identified them we
would chase them and scoop them in a net and bring them to a triage center where
they would receive immediate care and then shipped to another facility for
long-term rehabilitation."
Martin and his crew rescued hundred of birds during the two week stay. He
recalls one mission in particular.
"I think the biggest adventure was when we found this white pelican, it was
unable to fly. It tried its darndest to fly; it got its wing out, paddles its
feet, but it could never get in the air," he said.
While the trip to the save birds may have been exhausting, Martin says the
efforts are worth it.
"If they remain out there, even if they are lightly to moderately oil soaked,
they will eventually die, either from cleaning their feathers or eventually
their inability to fly," he said.
Martin hopes to return to the Gulf of Mexico in the near future to assist with
the disaster cleanup.
Source: Matt Henson, WCAX Channel 3 News
Deepwater Horizon
Incident Joint Information Center
(985) 902-5231 and (985) 902-5240
Report oiled shoreline
or request volunteer information:
(866)-448-5816
Submit alternative
response technology, services or products:
(281) 366-5511
Submit your vessel as a
vessel of opportunity skimming system:
(281) 366-5511
Submit a claim for
damages:
(800) 440-0858
Report oiled wildlife:
(866) 557-1401
Gulf Response
Involvement Team (G.R.I.T.): Volunteers Interested in Assisting in Oil Clean-Up
in Louisiana Should Sign Up and Stand By
http://gulfresponse.org/
Volunteer Florida:
www.volunteerflorida.org.
Florida Gulf Recovery Jobs:
www.floridagulfrecoveryjobs.com or 1-877-362-5034.
The BP website
provides detailed information on their response, including press releases, fact
sheets, photos, maps and more.
http://www.bp.com/productlanding.do?categoryId=40&contentId=7061696
To file a claim with BP, visit
www.bp.com/claims or call 800-440-0858.
In addition, www.disasterassistance.gov has
been enhanced to provide a one-stop shop for information on how to file a claim
with BP and access additional assistance—available in English and Spanish.
The Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a website on the impacts of the spill
and their response.
http://www.epa.gov/bpspill/
Restore
the Gulf.gov, a new
federal website, provides information and resources related to the BP Deepwater
Horizon oil spill and recovery. This website will replace the existing Deepwater
Horizon Response Website.
http://www.restorethegulf.gov/
The Deepwater Horizon
Response website provides information on the response from the U.S. Coast
Guard and other responding agencies.
http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931/
The White House Deepwater BP Oil Spill Website
http://www.whitehouse.gov/deepwater-bp-oil-spill/
The National Park Service provides
updates about park closures, resources at risk, and NPS actions to protect parks
and wildlife.
http://www.nps.gov/aboutus/oil-spill-response.htm
The Fish and Wildlife
Service provides updates about response and the status of national wildlife
refuges.
http://www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/
Mapping the Response to
BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
This website offers the latest data on the oil spill’s trajectory with fishery
area closures, wildlife data, locations of oiled shoreline, locations of
deployed research ships in an interactive map. It was developed by NOAA with
the EPA, U.S. Coast Guard, and the Department of Interior. It contains data
from Homeland Security, the Coast Guard, the Fish and Wildlife Service, EPA,
NASA, U.S. Geological Survey, and the Gulf states.
http://www.geoplatform.gov/gulfresponse/
NASA Satellite Imagery:
Keeping Eye on the Gulf Spill provides satellite imagery of the oil spill.
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oil-creep.html
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website provides up-to-date information,
fact sheets, trajectory maps, and more.
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RECORD_KEY%28entry_subtopic_topic%29=entry_id,subtopic_id,topic_id&entry_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=809&subtopic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=2&topic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=1
For daily updates on fishing closures, visit http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov.
NOAA has launched this federal website with data and information
http://www.geoplatform.gov/gulfresponse/
NOAA Models Long-Term
Oil Threat to Gulf and East Coast Shoreline
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, July 2, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/732603/
To learn more about the Deepwater Horizon Statistical Modeling, visit
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/dwh.php?entry_id=815
NOAA Fact Sheet: Hurricanes and the Oil Spill
http://gulfseagrant.tamu.edu/oilspill/facts_hurricane.htm
NOAA Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Fact Sheet,
April 2010
http://gulfseagrant.tamu.edu/oilspill/facts_general.htm
NOAA Science Missions: BP Deepwater Horizon
Oil Spill
http://www.noaa.gov/sciencemissions/bpoilspill.html
Link to the full NOAA
Ship Thomas Jefferson Deepwater Horizon Response Mission Report, Interim Project
Report-Leg 2, June 3-11, 2010
http://www.noaa.gov/sciencemissions/PDFs/tj_deepwaterhorizon_responsemissionreport_june3_11_2010final.pdf
CNN’s Interactive Oil
Spill Tracking Map shows the past and
present movement of the spill.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/29/interactive.spill.tracker/index.html
A Ten-Year
Study of Shoreline Conditions in the Exxon Valdez Spill Zone, Prince William
Sound, Alaska
By David S. Page and Edward S. Gilfillan
http://www.bowdoin.edu/faculty/d/dpage/html/evos10yr.shtml
Our Ocean Planet:
Oceanography in the 21st century – An Online Textbook (Oil Spills)
By Robert Stewart
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/oceanography-book/oilspills.htm
The Living Green Online
Magazine provides news articles,
videos, maps, and more
http://www.livinggreenmag.com/gulf_spill.html
This website shows the
magnitude of the BP Horizon Oil Spill.
Enter your city to see how this spill would affect you personally.
http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/
Calculating the Impact
of the Spilled Oil
This online calculator makes brings home the impact of the Deepwater Horizon
Spill. Though spill estimates by BP were originally 5,000 barrels per day,
scientists are now estimating approximately 35,000 to 60,000 barrels each day.
As of July 16, 2010, the amount of oil that is estimated to have spilled (if
refined to fuel in a typical US refinery) could have fueled 155,000 cars, 12,900
trucks and 216 containership days for a year. Visit this website to get the most
up-to-date estimates.
University of Delaware
http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/getinvolved/oilSpill.aspx
The American Society of
Civil Engineers (ASCE) Monitors the Gulf Oil Spill Disaster
http://www.asce.org/PPLContent.aspx?id=2147488665
Quiz: What
You Don't Know About Oil Spills
National Geographic
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/energy/great-energy-challenge/oil-spill-quiz/?source=email_gg
Oil Spill Educator
Resource
The National Wildlife Federations’ online Eco-Schools USA resource is provided
to help parents and educators learn more about the BP oil spill. The resource
contains oil spill and wetland activities and information, a guide on how to
talk with children, and expert answers on the spill.
http://www.nwf.org/Global-Warming/School-Solutions/Eco-Schools-USA/Become-an-Eco-School/Special-Report.aspx
RESPONDING TO OIL SPILLS
IN COASTAL MARSHES: THE FINE LINE BETWEEN HELP AND HINDRANCE
HAZMAT Report 96-1, December 1995, By Rebecca Z. Hoff, Hazardous Materials
Response and Assessments Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/book_shelf/965_HelpHind.pdf
Gulf of Mexico
Research Plan: Deepwater
Horizon Oil Spill Rapid Research Needs Assessment
http://gulfseagrant.tamu.edu/oilspill/GMRP_oil_spill_research.htm
The Gulf of Mexico oil
spill website, hosted by the GOM Sea
Grant programs provides links to a wide variety of information including fact
sheets, maps, reports, and more!
http://gulfseagrant.tamu.edu/oilspill/index.htm
Here are some interesting articles detailing the tragedy and efforts to date to correct the problem. They are arranged chronologically.
Timeline: Gulf of Mexico
Oil Spill
Reuters, June 16, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65F05V20100616
NOAA Ship Thomas
Jefferson Continues Deepwater Horizon Spill Study Mission
ScienceDaily,
June 17, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100616133850.htm
Lawmakers Accuse BP
Chief of Evasion Over Oil Spill
By Christopher Doering and Timothy Gardner, Reuters, June 17, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1416392020100617
Transcripts of
Fact-Finding Joint Investigation Available for May 26 - 29, 2010
Deepwater Horizon
Response Website, June 17, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/3043/670403/
VIDEO: Gulf Residents
Concerned About Oil Spill's Health Impacts
By Erika Brekke, onearth, June 17, 2010
http://www.onearth.org/multimedia/video/gulf-residents-concerned-about-oil-spills-health-impacts
Feds Probe Gulf Spill
Health Risks: House Committee Heard Charges of BP Interference with Worker
Protection
By Janet Raloff, ScienceNews, June 17, 2010
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/60373/title/Feds_probe_Gulf_spill_health_risks
Factbox: Major Gulf
Deepwater Operations Affected by Moratorium
Reuters, June 17, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65F6LL20100617
Gulf Oil Spill:
Mississippi River Hydrology May Help Reduce Oil Onshore
ScienceDaily, June 18, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100617120720.htm
Initial Observations
from the NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, June 21, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/678723/
ExxonMobil CEO Says Oil
Industry “Not Well Equipped” For Deep Water Spill
By BC Upham, triplepundit.com, June 21, 2010
http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/06/exxonmobil-ceo-says-oil-industry-not-well-equipped-for-deep-water-spill/
Administration Sends
Third Bill to BP
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, June 21, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/683903/
Lawsuit Seeks $19
Billion in Clean Water Act Penalties From BP
From the Center for Biological Diversity, Environmental News Network, June 21,
2010
http://www.enn.com/press_releases/3399
Methane in Gulf
"astonishingly high": U.S. scientist
By Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters, June 22, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65L6IA20100622
Judge Blocks White House
Ban on Drilling
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Washington Bureau, The Houston Chronicle, June 23, 2010
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7074803.html
Administration’s Joint
Analysis Group Releases First Scientific Report on Subsea Monitoring data from
Gulf Spill
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, June 23, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/690999/
Voyages of the NOAA Ship
Thomas Jefferson
By David A. Gabel, Environmental News Network, June 23, 2010
http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/41465
Link to the full NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson
Deepwater Horizon Response Mission Report, Interim Project Report-Leg 2, June
3-11, 2010
http://www.noaa.gov/sciencemissions/PDFs/tj_deepwaterhorizon_responsemissionreport_june3_11_2010final.pdf
NOAA Opens More Than
8,000 Square Miles of Fishing Closed Area in Gulf of Mexico
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, June 23, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/692927/
Suspension of Lower
Marine Riser Package Containment Cap Operations
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, June 23, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/691031/
Factbox: How a Relief
Well Works
Reuters, June 25, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65H5FI20100625
Factbox: BP'S Increased
Capacity to Handle Oil, Next Steps
Reuters, June 25, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65H5OB20100625
Reseachers Predict
Larger-Than-Average Gulf 'Dead Zone'; Impact of Oil Spill Unclear
ScienceDaily, June 28, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100628124611.htm
Oil Spill Hits
Mississippi Shore
From Tom Bergin and Leigh Coleman, Reuters, Environmental News Network, June 28,
2010
http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/41479
NOAA Expands Fishing
Closed Area in Gulf of Mexico
Approximately 80,228 square miles are closed, which is approximately 33.2
percent of Gulf of Mexico federal waters.
Deepwater Horizon
Response Website, June 28, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/719127/
Use Of Respirators for
Responders
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, July 1, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/731603/
Coast Guard and EPA Send
Directive to BP on Oil Spill Waste Management Plan
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, July 1, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/731331/
Florida State
Investigates How Fast Microbes Can Break Down Oil In Gulf Beach Sands
Pollution Online, July 2, 2010
http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/Florida-State-Investigates-How-Fast-Microbes-0001?user=2361275&source=nl:28020
NOAA Expands Fishing
Closed Area in Gulf of Mexico
The closed are is 81,181 square miles or approximately 33.5% of the Gulf of
Mexico federal waters.
Deepwater Horizon
Response Website, July 4, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/737643/
Oil Spills Raise Arsenic
Levels in the Ocean, Says New Research
ScienceDaily, July 5, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100702100144.htm
Tar Balls Along Texas
Coast are from Deepwater Horizon; How They Arrived Unclear
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, July 5, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/740443/
Oil Reported in Lake
Pontchartrain
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, July 5, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/740343/
New Heavy Oil Recovery
Device Improves Oil Recovery Efforts in the Gulf, Brings Work to Local Shipyards
and Machine Shops
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, July 5, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/738983/
Tar Balls in Texas Mean
Oil Hits all 5 Gulf States
By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press, July 6, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100706/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill
Long-Term Fate of Gulf
Oil Spill: Computer Simulations Show Oil Reaching Up the Atlantic Coastline and
Toward Europe
ScienceDaily, July 6, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100706103408.htm
EPA Fired
Oil-Degradation Expert Concerned about Deepwater Oil Rigs
From
www.sludgefacts.org, Environmental News Network, July 7, 2010
http://www.enn.com/press_releases/3422
How Fast Can Microbes
Break Down Oil Washed Onto Gulf Beaches?
ScienceDaily, July 8, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100707222312.htm
Letter from National
Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen to BP Chief Managing Director Bob Dudley
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, July 8, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/766263/
Letter from BP Chief
Managing Director Bob Dudley to National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, July 9, 2010
http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/posted/2931/Ltr_to_Admiral_Allen_with_attachments_09_07_10.770167.pdf
Appeals Court Rejects
U.S. Request to Restore Drilling Moratorium
By Rebecca Mowbray, The Times-Picayune, July 8, 2010, Updated July 9, 2010
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/07/appeals_court_rejects_us_reque.html
BP to Test New Cap to
Stem Oil Flow
By Kristen Hays, Reuters, July 13, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65O5TA20100713
Q+A: How Does BP's New
Cap Work?
By Chris Baltimore and Kristen Hays, Reuters, July 13, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66C50920100713
BP Relief Well Blowout
Preventers Needed Fixes: Salazar
By Kristen Hays and Anna Driver, Reuters, July 13, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66C6D120100713
Administration Sends
Fourth Bill to BP
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, July 13, 2010
http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/778879/
Team Develops Non-Toxic
Oil Recovery Agent
ScienceDaily, July 15, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100714151749.htm
Gulf of Mexico Oil
Spill: Well Integrity Test Shows Oil Stopped: BP Says Oil Stops Leaking in Test
for First Time in 87 Days
By Bradley Blackburn and David Muir, ABC World News, July 15, 2010
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/gulf-oil-spill-bps-cap-success-oil-stops/story?id=11173330
BP Gulf Well Cap Works
So Far
By Kristen Hays and Ross Colvin, Reuters, July 16, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65O5TA20100716
Transcript - PressBrief with National
Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen July 16, 2010
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, July 17, 2010
http://app.restorethegulf.gov/go/doc/2931/789331/
Statement by National
Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen On Well Integrity Test
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, July 17, 2010
http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/790207/
Letter from National Incident Commander
Admiral Thad Allen to BP Chief Managing Director Bob Dudley
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, July 18, 2010
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/791591/
Oil Seeping From Gulf Floor Near Well, but Coast Guard Allows Cap to Stay in
Place Another 24 Hours
By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune, published July 18, 2010, Updated July
18, 2010
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/07/oil_seeping_from_gulf_floor_ne.html
Louisiana Constructing
Islands in the Gulf to Aid in Oil Cleanup
By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, July 19, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/18/AR2010071802838.html?hpid=topnews
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Oil dispersants are chemicals that break down oil into small drops. This is used to prevent the oil from reaching the surface of the water or the shoreline. Though dispersants are toxic, they are generally less toxic than oil and biodegrade more quickly.
On May 15, 2010, the Coast Guard and EPA approved the use of dispersants underwater, at the source of the Deepwater Horizon leak. The EPA’s Dispersant Monitoring and Assessment Directive for Subsurface Dispersant Application (issued May 10) required BP to implement a monitoring and assessment plan for the use of dispersants. Addendum 1 (issued May 14) required a more thorough oil analysis to determine whether the plume is toxic to aquatic life. Addendum 2 (issued May 20) required BP to use a less toxic and more effective dispersant. The EPA is posting results from ongoing monitoring of BP’s use of underwater dispersants at http://www.epa.gov/bpspill.
For more information on dispersants, the EPA directive, and BP’s response to the directive, visit EPA’s website at http://www.epa.gov/bpspill/dispersants/
Questioning the
Effectiveness of Oil Dispersants in Gulf Oil Spill
ScienceDaily, June 17, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100616122130.htm
EPA Releases
First Round of Toxicity Testing Data for Eight Oil Dispersants
The U.S. EPA released results from the first round of toxicity testing on eight
oil dispersants. Results showed that none of the dispersants (including Corexit
9500, which is currently being used in the Gulf) displayed biologically
significant endocrine disrupting activity. All of the dispersants alone (not
mixed with oil) had similar impact on aquatic life. However, JD-2000 and
Corexit 9500 were the least toxic to small fish and JD-2000 and SAF-RON GOLD
were the least toxic to mysid shrimp. The EPA will conduct additional research
before making a final recommendation. The next phase of testing will study the
acute toxicity of multiple concentrations of Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil and
different combinations of Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil with the dispersants for two
test species.
To view the first round of test results. visit
http://www.epa.gov/bpspill/dispersants.
EPA News Release, June 30, 2010
http://yosemite.epa.gov/OPA/ADMPRESS.NSF/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/2b73ee902b54e4f585257752006591fd!OpenDocument
Deepwater Horizon
Dispersant Use Meeting Report (May 26-27, 2010)
Report Issued by: Coastal Response Research Center, University of New Hampshire,
June 4, 2010, Revision 3
http://www.crrc.unh.edu/dwg/dwh_dispersants_use_meeting_report.pdf
Dispersants and Your
Health
Available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://gulfseagrant.tamu.edu/oilspill/dispersants_health.htm
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NASA’s Latest Images
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oilspill/index.html
EPA’s Photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/usepagov
The Multimedia section
of the Deepwater Horizon Response website provides photo, video and audio
releases.
Follow the link below and click on
News/Info, Multimedia, and then Multimedia Releases.
https://www.piersystem.com/go/site/2931/
Gulf Oil Spill Slideshow
Photos captured by photographer Bridget Besaw,
www.nature.org
http://www.nature.org/popups/features/art31814.html
PHOTO RELEASE:
Responders move sea turtle eggs
Deepwater Horizon Response Website
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/729855/
Gulf Spill Pictures:
Toxic Oil Found Just Under Beaches
National Geographic
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/photogalleries/100705-gulf-oil-spill-beaches-florida-nation-pictures/?source=email_inside#oil-under-pensacola-beach-students-digging_22938_600x450.jpg
PHOTO RELEASE: Baby
Pelicans Transferred To Miami to Continue Recovery
Deepwater Horizon Response Website
http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/771819/
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The oil spill will negatively impact the plants, wildlife and ecosystems in its path. The Gulf of Mexico is home to 10 species of threatened sharks, 6 species of endangered turtles, manatees, whales and fish within its deeper waters. Dozens of species of fish and shellfish also lay their eggs on the surface of the water. Oil spills affect the smallest and largest marine life, and threaten life up and down the food chain. For more detailed information, read the articles below.
Oiled birds being sent to treatment facilities are examined for blood values, weight, and the extent of oiling. Many are dehydrated when they arrive. They are allowed to rest and recover until they are stable enough to withstand the washing process. It can take about 45 minutes to an hour to wash a bird. They use about 300 gallons of water and Dawn detergent. The wastewater has to be disposed of in accordance with regulations. Cleaned birds recover until they are waterproof and able to be released. Federal bird identification bands are attached and the birds are released in a safe location.
Consolidated Fish and
Wildlife Collection Report
This report provides information on
fish and wildlife collected in the Deepwater Horizon/BP incident impact area.
It is updated each day at noon.
http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doctype/2931/55963
Distribution and
Abundance of Fishes and Invertebrates in Gulf of Mexico Estuaries Volume I: Data
Summaries
ELMR
Report Number 10,
September 1992, U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service
http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/publications/biogeography/ELMRGulfMexVol1.pdf
Fish Stocks in the Gulf
of Mexico Fact Sheet
April 2010
http://gulfseagrant.tamu.edu/oilspill/facts_fishstocks.htm
Economic Impacts to
Fisheries and Coastal Habitat
April 30, 2010
http://gulfseagrant.tamu.edu/oilspill/economic.htm
Oil-spill Response Plan
to Protect Sea Turtle Nests and Hatchlings Released
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, June 26, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/714499/
Lawsuit Launched to
Force BP and Coast Guard to Protect Turtles From Burning Alive
From the Center for Biological Diversity, Environmental News Network, June 30,
2010
http://www.enn.com/press_releases/3416
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Develops Strategy to Help Waterfowl and other Migratory Birds Weather
the Gulf Coast Oil Spill
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, June 30, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/725231/
Delta Bulrush Plant
Could Help Ease Oil Spill Crisis, Botanist Says
ScienceDaily, June 29, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100628112111.htm
VIDEO RELEASE: An oiled
gannet gets cleaned at the Theodore Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
Deepwater Horizon Response Website
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/673243/
VIDEO: Gulf Coast
Pelicans Fight for Survival
By Erika Brekke,
www.onearth.org, June 29, 2010
http://www.onearth.org/multimedia/video/gulf-pelicans-fight-for-survival
Endangered Sea Turtle
Nests to Receive Special Transportation
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, July 1, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/730547/
Unified
Area Command Continues to Build a Sea Turtle Observer Program for On-Water Oil
Clean-up
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, July 2, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/734531/
Using Sound Science,
Fish and Wildlife Service Addresses Urgent Habitat Needs for Birds and Other
Wildlife Along the Gulf Coast
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, July 7, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/763611/
Protecting Wild Dolphins
During the Gulf Oil Spill
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, July 8, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/765851/
Two New Species of
Pancake Batfishes Discovered from Area Engulfed by Oil Spill
ScienceDaily, July 8, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100708111206.htm
State and Federal
Wildlife Agencies, Other Partners, Move to Safeguard Sea Turtle Nests; FedEx
Providing Transportation to Florida’s Space Coast
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, July 9, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/770415/
New ”Walking” Fishes
Discovered in Gulf Oil-Spill Zone
By Susan Milius, ScienceNews, July 14, 2010
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/61109/title/New_%E2%80%9Dwalking%E2%80%9D_fishes_discovered_in_Gulf_oil-spill_zone
Effects of Oil on
Wildlife
Oiled Wildlife Care Network
http://www.owcn.org/about-oiled-wildlife/effects-of-oil-on-wildlife
The Oil Spill’s Effects
on Wildlife
By Haeyoun Park, Xaquin G.V., Graham Roberts, Erin Aigner and Shan Carter, The
New York Times, July 14, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/04/28/us/20100428-spill-map.html?ref=us
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Resources: The Louisiana Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue Program (LMMSTRP)
http://www.auduboninstitute.org/gulf-oil-spill-resources
State and Federal
Biologists Closely Monitoring Oiled Birds on Raccoon Island
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, July 16, 2010
http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/789139/
Scientists Ask Public to
Report Banded Birds to Help Scientific Research
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, July 18, 2010
http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/791335/
