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Five Years After the Oil Spill, Dead Dolphins and 25,000-Pound Tar Mat Found

 |  Mar 18, 2015

One day after BP released a report saying the Gulf is on the road to recovery, we took a trip to one of the most impacted areas from the BP … Read more

A Simple Solution to Fix Louisiana’s Coastal Fund

 |  May 1, 2014

Updated Below Pelicans used to flock to Cat Island in Louisiana to nest, but it was one of many islands that was heavily damaged by the oil spill. The island, … Read more

Dead Gulf Dolphins, Destroyed Habitat Not BP’s Fault, Says BP

,  |  Apr 16, 2014

From the first days of the Gulf oil disaster in 2010 when it publicly underestimated the oil gusher’s flow rate by 50 times, BP has always lived in a state … Read more

More Problems Reported with BP Wildlife Distress Hotline

 |  Jul 8, 2010

The National Wildlife Federation has already documented repeated incidents of trouble reporting oiled wildlife to the BP Wildlife Distress Hotline. More than two months into the BP oil disaster, we … Read more

If Birds Could Talk

 |  Jun 25, 2010

Jaime Matyas is NWF’s Executive’s Vice President & Chief Operating Officer. She is in Louisiana this week with NWF’s on the ground team touring areas devastated by the oil spill. … Read more

NWF Scientist Visits Nesting Grounds Hit Hard By BP Oil Spill

,  |  May 26, 2010

Doug described seeing a brown pelican with its wings dirtied by heavy brown oil. The bird was preening in an attempt to clean itself off.
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