Service Works To Address Impacts of Gulf Coast Oil Spill on Wildlife

The Fish and Wildlife Service continues to support the joint agency response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico with experienced specialists, land managers, and support personnel. Booms to capture and deflect anticipated oil are being deployed at Breton National Wildlife Refuge, where thousands of brown pelicans and shorebirds are currently nesting.

FWS Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response

First Oiled Bird Treated

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