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With its large bay area, beaches and salt marshes, Massachusetts is a primary nesting ground for many endangered coastal water birds, particularly the piping plover. However, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico puts these birds at great risk.
With its large bay area, beaches and salt marshes, Massachusetts is a primary nesting ground for many endangered coastal water birds, particularly the piping plover. However, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico puts these birds at great risk.
Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research will be expanding its operation in Fort Jackson, La., in order to accommodate the numbers of birds it expects to receive in the future as the oil spill in the Gulf continues to grow, said Rebecca Dunne, facility manager for the organization that's been contracted by BP to help with oil spill clean up.
The residents of Cameron Parish, La., are doing what they have done so many times before: preparing for the worst. However, this time it isn’t for a hurricane. It's the oncoming encroachment of oil from the Gulf of Mexico into their marshlands, a fragile ecosystem that has already been devastatingly battered by at least two major hurricanes within the last five years.
As the war against oil continues on the Gulf, many throughout the community are wondering how they can help.
Birds fly over oil-soaked rocks that make up the coastline of Queen Bess Island near Grand Isle, La., on Wednesday, June 16, 2010.
Birds navigate oil-covered rocks around Queen Bess Island near Grand Isle, La., on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. The rocks and shoreline will have to be washed to remove the oil that has washed up from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Terry Adelsbach, a senior biologist with U.S. Fish and Wildlife, talks about the process of looking for oiled birds that have been affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill near Grand Isle, La.
Millions of ducks could fly into trouble when they arrive at their wintering grounds this fall. About 13 million ducks spend the winter on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the area that has been hard hit by the massive oil spill.
Climbing aboard a U.S. Coast Guard airplane is stepping into a safe unknown. Serious warnings are issued before takeoff, but confidence drips from every Coast Guard member on board.
A sheen of oil discolors the surface of the water Tuesday, June 15, 2010, near the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Here’s a quick check of how two of the biggest oil spills in U.S. history measure up as of June 14. The BP spill is still growing, and the area is affected by wind patterns and ocean currents.
Hopes were dashed Monday, June 14, that what happened in Louisiana would stay in Louisiana as brackish oil stormed the shores in Alabama and Florida. BP hires combed the beaches, vastly outnumbering any vacationers who dared to ignore the ominous warnings at the beaches along Perdido Key and Gulf Shores.
Louisiana won another incremental battle in the oil war to save its gulf coast Friday. Gov. Bobby Jindal announced on the grounds of this restored Civil War fort in lower Plaquemines Parish that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved construction of sand berms to protect barrier islands from oil released after the BP rig explosion April 20.
Photos of beach cleanup work along the shores of Grand Isle, La., Sunday, June 13.
A look at the multi-faceted approach one company is taking.
Here's a step-by-step process for cleaning oil-laden birds.
Check out these reasons why you really don't want to clean the birds yourselves.
Whether you consider yourself an environmentalist or not, it is immensely saddening to see such a lovely ecosystem and such a unique way of life damaged by the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and subsequent underwater oil leak. And that’s especially true for those of us who have spent time in that region.
