National Wildlife Federation: Gulf Oil Disaster Bird Species Impacts Released


Heavily oiled brown pelicans wait for cleaning in a pen at Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.
Photo credit: nwf.org

For the first time, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) has just released a catalog of bird species impacted by the Gulf oil disaster. The information is being released in the wake of a National Wildlife Federation Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking the data.

New Jersey species were hit hard. Laughing gulls, brown pelicans & northern gannets are the species with the highest totals of dead birds. You can see today's report (PDF) and future updates at the FWS Deepwater Horizon Response.


 

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