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Louisiana Oil Spill

 

All photo by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS
News media prepares for 11:00 am new conference in Belled Chasse, La.
News media prepares for 11:00 a.m. news conference in Belle Chasse, La.		 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Contaminants Specialists hover over a map display to orient themselves for the response effort. Teams will deploy to assess the wildlife impact in helicopters, float planes, boats, SUVs and on foot.
 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Contaminants Specialists hover over a map display to orient themselves for the response effort. Teams will deploy to assess the wildlife impact in helicopters, float planes, boats, SUVs and on foot.		 Oil sheen and tar balls of oil in the Mississippi River at Belle Chasse, La. following the spill in New Orleans
Oil sheen and tar balls of oil in the Mississippi River at Belle Chasse, La. following the spill in New Orleans		 Egret in the marsh near the Mississippi, Belle Chasse, La.
 Great egret (Casmerodius albus) in the marshes of the Mississippi River following the oil spill in New Orleans.
Pools of oil along the Mississippi
 Pools of oil along the Mississippi		 Terry McCall searches for an oiled duck at sunset.
 Terry McCall searches for an oiled duck at sunset.		 Buddy Goatcher, USFWS Contaminants Specialist scans for an oiled great Egret in the marshes of the Mississippi River following the oil spill in new Orleans.
Buddy Goatcher, USFWS Contaminants Specialist scans for an oiled great Egret in the marshes of the Mississippi River following the oil spill in New Orleans.		 Terry McCall, Biologist Technician at Panama City Ecological Services Office, wades through the marshes inside the levy of the Mississippi River to try to capture an oiled duck.
Terry McCall, Biologist Technician at Panama City Ecological Services Office, wades through the marshes inside the levy of the Mississippi River to try to capture an oiled duck.
Terry McCall (l), Biologist Technician at Panama City Ecological Services Office, and Peter Tuttle, Contaminants Specialist at Daphne, Alabama wade through the marshes inside the levy of the Mississippi River to try to capture an oiled duck.
Terry McCall (l), Biologist Technician at Panama City Ecological Services Office, and Peter Tuttle, Contaminants Specialist at Daphne, Alabama wade through the marshes inside the levy of the Mississippi River to try to capture an oiled duck.		 USFWS Special Agent Steve Clark taxies a float plane to conduct a damage assessment and wildlife impacts of the oil spill in New Orleans.
USFWS Special Agent Steve Clark taxies a float plane to conduct a damage assessment and wildlife impacts of the oil spill in New Orleans.		 Tom Mackenzie, Chief, Media Relations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region, conducts photo overflight of the Mississippi River, just outside of New Orleans, following the spilling of 450,000 gallons of Number 6 fuel oil (bunker fuel).
Tom Mackenzie, Chief, Media Relations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region, conducts photo overflight of the Mississippi River, just outside of New Orleans, following the spilling of 450,000 gallons of Number 6 fuel oil (bunker fuel).		 Oil sheen on the Mississippi River just outside of New Orleans, following the spilling of 450,000 gallons of Number 6 fuel oil (bunker fuel).
Oil sheen on the Mississippi River just outside of New Orleans, following the spilling of 450,000 gallons of Number 6 fuel oil (bunker fuel).
Oil sheen on the Mississippi River South of New Orleans, following the spilling of 450,000 gallons of Number 6 fuel oil (bunker fuel).
Oil sheen on the Mississippi River South of New Orleans, following the spilling of 450,000 gallons of Number 6 fuel oil (bunker fuel).		 Oil sheen on the Mississippi River in New Orleans, following the spilling of 450,000 gallons of Number 6 fuel oil (bunker fuel).
Oil sheen on the Mississippi River in New Orleans, following the spilling of 450,000 gallons of Number 6 fuel oil (bunker fuel).
Oil sheen sneaks past the booms on the Mississippi River South in New Orleans, following the spilling of 450,000 gallons of Number 6 fuel oil (bunker fuel).		 Coast Guard helicopter conducts low-level reconnaissance on the recovery operations on the damaged barge that discharged an estimated 450,000 gallons of Number 6 fuel oil (bunker fuel) after being struck by a ship.
Coast Guard helicopter conducts low-level reconnaissance on the recovery operations on the damaged barge that discharged an estimated 450,000 gallons of Number 6 fuel oil (bunker fuel) after being struck by a ship. 
Coast Guard helicopter conducts low-level reconnaissance on the recovery operations on the damaged barge that discharged an estimated 450,000 gallons of Number 6 fuel oil (bunker fuel) after being struck by a ship.
Coast Guard helicopter conducts low-level reconnaissance on the recovery operations on the damaged barge that discharged an estimated 450,000 gallons of Number 6 fuel oil (bunker fuel) after being struck by a ship.  		Salvage operations on the barge carrying the oil being split open by a ship.
Salvage operations on the barge carrying the oil being split open by a ship.		 Oil slick in New Orleans.
Oil slick in New Orleans.		 Oil slick in New Orleans.
Oil slick in New Orleans.
Oil slick outside of refinery.
Oil slick outside of refinery.
Failed boom attempt.		 Oiled marsh on the Mississippi River
Oiled marsh on the Mississippi River		 Operations briefing at the New Orleans oil Spill. Buddy Goatcher, Lafayette, La., works to plan out tomorrows operations with Bill Starkel (far left), Atlanta, Southeast Regional Contaminants Coordinator, Steve Alexander, Cookeville, Tn.(sitting), Peter Tuttle, Daphni, Al., Peggy Whittaker (back-sitting) Panama City, Fl., Jon Hemming, Panama City, Fl. (far right).
Operations briefing at the New Orleans oil Spill.  Buddy Goatcher, Lafayette, La., works to plan out tomorrow's operations with Bill Starkel (far left), Atlanta, Southeast Regional Contaminants Coordinator, Steve Alexander, Cookeville, Tn.(sitting),  Peter Tuttle, Daphni, Al., Peggy Whittaker (back-sitting) Panama City, Fl., Jon Hemming, Panama City, Fl.  (far right).
Oiled dove held by Wildlife Rehabilitator Sharon Smaltz, with Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education, out of Houston, Tx
Oiled dove held by Wildlife Rehabilitator Sharon Smaltz, with Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education, out of Houston, Tx.		 Oiled dove held by Wildlife Rehabilitator Sharon Smaltz, with Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education, out of Houston, Tx
Oiled dove held by Wildlife Rehabilitator Sharon Smaltz, with Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education, out of Houston, Tx.		 Ponds of tarred oil bake in the hot Louisiana sun near Belle Chasse, La. near mile marker 75.
Ponds of tarred oil bake  in the hot Louisiana sun near Belle Chasse, La. near mile marker 75.
Peter Tuttle, Daphni, Al, searches for six oiled ducks in the marshes between the Mississippi River and the levy near Belle Chasse at mile marker 75.
Bill Starkel, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Regional Contaminants Coordinator, based out of Atlanta, searches for six oiled ducks in the marshes between the Mississippi River and the levy near Belle Chasse at mile marker 75.
Bill Starkel, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Regional Contaminants Coordinator, based out of Atlanta, searches for six oiled ducks in the marshes between the Mississippi River and the levy near Belle Chasse at mile marker 75.		 Peter Tuttle, Daphni, Al, (l) Bill Starkel ( r), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Regional Contaminants Coordinator, based out of Atlanta, searches for six oiled ducks in the marshes between the Mississippi River and the levy near Belle Chasse at mile marker 75.
Peter Tuttle, Daphni, Al, (l) Bill Starkel ( r), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Regional Contaminants Coordinator, based out of Atlanta, searches for six oiled ducks in the marshes between the Mississippi River and the levy near Belle Chasse at mile marker 75.		 Sweat pours off Peter Tuttle, Daphni, Al, (l), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Regional Contaminants Coordinator, based out of Atlanta, as he searches for six oiled ducks in the marshes between the Mississippi River and the levy near Belle Chasse at mile marker 75.
Sweat pours off Peter Tuttle, Daphni, Al, (l), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Regional Contaminants Coordinator, based out of Atlanta, as he searches for six oiled ducks in the marshes between the Mississippi River and the levy near Belle Chasse at mile marker 75.		 Peter Tuttle, Daphni, Al, (l) Bill Starkel ( r), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Regional Contaminants Coordinator, based out of Atlanta, searches for six oiled ducks in the marshes between the Mississippi River and the levy near Belle Chasse at mile marker 75.
Peter Tuttle, Daphni, Al, (l) Bill Starkel ( r), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Regional Contaminants Coordinator, based out of Atlanta, searches for six oiled ducks in the marshes between the Mississippi River and the levy near Belle Chasse at mile marker 75.
Oiled great egret (Casmerodius albus) in the marshes between the Mississippi River and the levy near Belle Chasse at mile marker 74.
Oiled great egret (Casmerodius albus) in the marshes between the Mississippi River and the levy near Belle Chasse at mile marker 74.		 Oiled great egret (Casmerodius albus) in the marshes between the Mississippi River and the levy near Belle Chasse at mile marker 74.
Oiled great egret (Casmerodius albus)  in the marshes between the Mississippi River and the levy near Belle Chasse at mile marker 74.		 Nutria in the marshes between the Mississippi River and the levy near Belle Chasse at mile marker 75.
Nutria in the marshes between the Mississippi River and the levy near Belle Chasse at mile marker 75.		 Egrets in the oiled march near mile marker 75.
Two white birds on left are juvenile little blue herons  (Egretta caerulea ) and one white on right is a snowy egret (Egretta thula).
Yellow-crowned night heron (Nycticorax violacea) captures a crawfish in the oil contaminated marshes near Belle Chasse, La.
Yellow-crowned night heron (Nycticorax violacea) captures a crawfish in the oil contaminated marshes near Belle Chasse, La.		 Fish crows (Corvus ossifragus) work to kill a crawfish in the marshes near Belle Chasse, La.
Fish crows (Corvus ossifragus) work to kill a crawfish in the marshes near Belle Chasse, La.		 6123 Juvenile white ibus feeds in the marsh.
Juvenile white ibis feeds in the marsh.  		Oil recovery teams do the backbreaking work in the hot Louisiana sun to sop up oil patches in the “battures” – the marsh in between the Mississippi River and the levy.
Oil recovery teams do the backbreaking work in the hot Louisiana sun to sop up oil patches in the “battures” – the marsh in between the Mississippi River and the levy.

 
Last updated: August 7, 2008