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Gary Braasch
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Gulf Oil Spill

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Green Sea Turtle captured by Louisiana Dept of Wildlife and Fisheries biologist in effort to check the Gulf habitat of the endangered sea turtles -- particularly the sargassum floating seaweed which harbors all species of the turtles during their young and sub-adult life stages. This particular turtle was healthy and not apparently affected by oil; but was checked at the Audubon Aquatic Center in New Orleans to be sure. 198 greens were found amoung the oil and sheen and in the shallows near the oil spill, and all but 26 were alive and survived.

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BP Oil Gusher Response: International Bird Rescue staff at the Grand Isle bird triage center takes the temperature of a wet and slightly oiled Sandwich tern rescued in Barararia Bay. Dr. Heather Nevill, supervisory veterinarian takes notes in background. NOAA reported finding 56 Sandwich terns during the spill; most of them were dead or died., but this bird survived. More than 100 species of birds were affected by the oil spill, the largest toll being on gulls, gannets and pelicans.

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BP Oil Gusher Response: International Bird Rescue staff at the Grand Isle bird triage center takes the temperature of a wet and slightly oiled Sandwich tern rescued in Barararia Bay. Dr. Heather Nevill, supervisory veterinarian takes notes in background. NOAA reported finding 56 Sandwich terns during the spill; most of them were dead or died. but this bird survived. More than 100 species of birds were affected by the oil spill, the largest toll being on gulls, gannets and pelicans.

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Oiled brown pelican being carried in with head covered to reduce stress, before being washed at Hammond Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Tri-state Bird Rescue and Research and International Bird Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (an NGO), after exposure to oil from the BP Gulf Oil spill. Numbers of birds found oiled did not decrease much over the 100 days of the spill, and birds were still being brought in daily to this rescue center into September. As of Sept 28, 8180 birds have been brought in from the oiled area, and only 2076 were alive and treated, rehabbed or release from centers like this one.

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At the International Bird Rescue and Research Center/Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research rehab center in Hammond LA, young pelicans who got into oil as they fledged are washed with hot water and a little Dawn detergent. Numbers of birds found oiled did not decrease much over the 100 days of the spill, and birds were still being brought in daily to this rescue center into September. As of Sept 28, 8180 birds have been brought in from the oiled area, and only 2076 were alive and treated, rehabbed or release from centers like this one.

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Oiled brown pelican being washed at Hammond Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Tri-state Bird Rescue and Research and International Bird Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (an NGO), after exposure to oil from the BP Gulf Oil spill. Numbers of birds found oiled did not decrease much over the 100 days of the spill, and birds were still being brought in daily to this rescue center into September. As of Sept 28, 8180 birds have been brought in from the oiled area, and only 2076 were alive and treated, rehabbed or release from centers like this one.

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At the IBRRC/TSBRR rehab center in Hammond LA, a young pelican who got into oil near Hopedale LA is washed with hot water and a little Dawn detergent by Danene Birtell (r) and a co-worker. Numbers of birds found oiled did not decrease much over the 100 days of the spill, and birds were still being brought in daily to this rescue center into September. As of Sept 28, 8180 birds have been brought in from the oiled area, and only 2076 were alive and treated, rehabbed or release from centers like this one.

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At the International Bird Rescue and Research Center/Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research rehab center in Hammond LA, a young pelican eyes us warily as it is washed with hot water and a little Dawn detergent. As of Sept 28, 8180 birds have been brought in from the oiled area, and only 2076 were alive and treated, rehabbed or release from centers like this one.

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The delta's productive marshland is eroding away at a record pace. Accordiing to the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration authority, "Louisiana has already lost coastal land area equal to the size of the state of Delaware. This loss is at an average rate of an acre every 38 minutes. If the current rate of loss is not slowed by the year 2040, an additional 800,000 acres of wetlands will disappear, and the Louisiana shoreline will advance inland as much as 33 miles in some areas." The straight line canals and constant ship traffic to serve the oil and gas industry are responsible for about a third of this land loss.

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Alabama turtle watch leader, self described "Turtle Czar" Mike Reynolds (top r) watches as Joe Taylor gently lifts each of the 120 eggs of a loggerhead sea turtle nest in Gulf Shores AL beach, being moved in a USFWS program to excavate and relocate sea turtle nests along the Gulf to keep the hatchlings from swimming into oil-polluted water.

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Share The Beach turtle watch volunteer Joe Taylor gently lifts each of the 120 eggs of a loggerhead sea turtle nest in Gulf Shores AL beach on Aug 13. Each egg must be lifted and placed in syrofoam box without changing its orientation. Taylor is up to this task, becasue he is, in fact, a rocket scientist... 278 nests were dug up and eggs transferred to a climate controlled warehouse at Kennedy Space Center. As of late September 14,676 hatchlings have been released into the Atlantic Ocean, far from the spill affected Gulf -- but there is no way to know how many will survive or return to the Gulf as adults.

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The individual eggs in the nest are marked for orientation, tallied, and carefully placed in styrofoam containers for the transfer. I278 of about 700 nests along the affected Gulf shores were dug up and eggs transferred to a climate controlled warehouse at Kennedy Space Center. As of late September 14,676 hatchlings have been released into the Atlantic Ocean, far from the spill affected Gulf -- but there is no way to know how many will survive or return to the Gulf as adults.

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Share the Beach turtle watch volunteers -- helped by visiting Oregonian Cylvia Hayes (l) -- carry two of the three boxes containing the 120 eggs of a leatherback sea turtle which were just dug up on Gulf Shores AL beach. They were moved to an incubation center at Kennedy Space Center for hatching, rather than have them go into the oil polluted Gulf. As of late September 14,676 hatchlings have been released into the Atlantic Ocean, far from the spill affected Gulf -- but there is no way to know how many will survive or return to the Gulf as adults.

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Visitors to the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans may be surprised to find a major exhibit on the Gulf of Mexico sponsored by major oil companies, including BP. Oil is a major economic force in the Gulf, and the 4000 wells in these waters are not only threats of pollution, but also become habitat for many ocean creatures. The oil from the Gulf is only about 8 percent of the liquid fuel we burn in the United States.

Photo Reports Intro

1. The BP Deepwater Horizon oil well gushes crude across the Gulf to beaches and marsh.
2. Crude comes ashore from Gulf Shores to Grand Isle.
3. Clean up workers and local people react to the oil.
4. Oil in the marshes greases up birds and sedges; fishing and shrimping are closed.
5. Shrimping and fishing begin to return but long term effects of oil remain.
5A. The toll on animals and birds continues; rescuers take action.
6. Indians Face Oil Spill
7. Indians Face Oil Spill 2
8. The most endangered sea turtle and the Gulf oil spill 1
9. The most endangered sea turtle and the Gulf oil spill 2

 

 

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