Two local broadcast journalists capture video on the north shore of Campbell Lake outside Destin, Florida. The Gulf of Mexico is just beyond the large dunes on the other side of the lake from the cameras.
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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service employee Mike Krebs uses a pump in the process of building a protective berm at the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The berm will act as a barrier if oil comes ashore.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Volunteer Meredith Wilson closes off an area for dune protection as part of a berm building effort at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge in response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Volunteers Megan Creegan and Meredith Wilson close off an area for dune protection as part of a berm building effort at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge in response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
July 12, 2010 - Gulf Shores, AL: Jeff Corwin visited Gulf Shores to document the sea turtle excavation. He also took a moment to speak with USFWS Southeast Regional Director Cindy Dohner. Photo by Barbara Maxfield, USFWS.
"On 6/25/10, Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Wildlife Biologist Jackie Isaacs explained the importance of habitat for foraging shorebirds and pointed out proactive measures taken by refuge staff soon after the spill began. Across Ivan Cut,...
July 12, 2010 Gulf Shores, AL - Alabama's first sea turtle nest to transfer to Kennedy Space Center on the Atlantic Coast of Florida. Our hope is the hatchlings will have imprinted sufficiently to return home to the Gulf Coast when they return to...
Gulf Shores, Ala - July 19, 2010: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service boat captain Bob Quarles accepts keys to the shallow water attention terminal (SWAT) boat from Friends of Bon Secour President, Ralph Gilges while Jimbo Meador of Dragonfly Boatworks...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is leading wildlife and habitat recovery efforts in the BP oil spill. Fisheries biologists prepare to rescue an oiled brown pelican from the Gulf on June 15, 2010.