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- Oiled Pelican rescued from the Gulf of Mexico
- Oil spills; Oil spills; Birds; Employees (USFWS); Coastal environments; Boats;
- Rescued oiled brown pelican is held by USFWS Fisheries Biologist Amanda Hill.
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- Oil spill pelican rescue
- Oil spills; Oil spills; Coastal environments; Birds; Employees (USFWS); boats;
- 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.
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- Service employees search for oiled birds
- Oil spills; Oil spills; Boats; Coastal environments; Employees (USFWS);
- Fisheries biologists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service search for oiled brown pelicans in the Gulf.
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- Oil slick comes ashore
- Oil spills; Oil spills; Coastal environments
- A dollar is placed next oil washed up on the beach at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge to provide perspective. Oil began hitting the shores of Bon Secour in the late morning of June 11th.
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- Oil slick comes ashore on Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge.
- Oil spills; Oil spills; Coastal environments;
- Discolored seaweed and debris that came in contact with oil on Bon Secour.
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- Oil slick comes ashore on Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge.
- Oil spills; Oil spills; Coastal environments;
- Gooey masses of oil such as this one will bake in the sun and turn into "tarballs," which are much easier for cleanup crews to deal with.
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- Oil located on beach
- Oil spills; Employees (USFWS); Coastal environments; Service patch; Uniforms; Oil spills;
- Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Manager Jereme Phillips contacts the Unified Incident Command on Friday, June 11, 2010 to report oil on a refuge beach.
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- Rescued pelican
- Oil spills; Birds; Employees (USFWS); Service patch; Oil spills; Coastal environments; boats;
- Amanda Hill, Fisheries Biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service holds an oiled brown pelican rescued from the Gulf on June 15, 2010.
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- Key Deer
- Mammals;
- Mother and young key deer forage for food.
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