USFWS National Digital Library

- Oil spill curriculum
- Oil spills; Shorebirds; Wildlife refuges;
- The Shorebird Sister Schools Program presents an activity that explores the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill on coastal birds and the work of many dedicated professionals helping in species recovery, with a focus on career...
- Documents
- Oil resisting booms
- Oil spills; Oil spills;
- A variety of boom types can be seen starting from left: Pom-pom booms, standard orange or yellow booms and black heavy duty Navy-style booms.
- Images
- Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge
- Document;Wildlife refuges; Planning
- index.cpd
- Documents
- Oil resisting booms
- Oil spills; Oil spills;
- Heavy duty sea boom and pom-pom booms.
- Images
- Oil spill booms
- Oil spills; Wildlife refuges; Boats;
- Double booms laid by British Petroleum (BP) contractors to protect key areas of North Breton, Breton National Wildlife Refuge, in anticipation of incoming oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill.
- Images
- Birds on Breton National Wildlife Refuge
- Oil spills; Birds; Oil spills;
- Royal terns and Brown pelicans nest on Breton National Wildlife Refuge. Booms can be seen in the background.
- Images
- Nesting Pelicans on Breton Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Oil spills; Oil spills;
- Nesting Pelicans on Breton Island National Wildlife Refuge with vessel and booms in the background
- Images
- Oil resisting booms on shore
- Oil spills; Oil spills;
- Three kinds of oil resisting boom: containment, pom-pom, and absorbent, at low tide on Breton National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- Laughing gulls
- Birds; Oil spills; Shorebirds; Wildlife refuges;
- Laughing gulls at Breton National Wildlife Refuge. Booms deployed in background.
- Images
- Brown pelicans
- Birds; Oil spills; Shorebirds; Wildlife refuges;
- Banded brown pelican at Breton National Wildlife Refuge after booms placed to prepare for possible oil impact from the Deepwater Horizon spill.
- Images
- Drew Wirwa, Assistant Manager: Breton, Delta & Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuges
- Birds; Oil spills; Shorebirds; Wildlife refuges; Employees (USFWS); Service patch; Uniforms;
- Drew Wirwa, Assistant Manager, Breton, Delta & Bayou Sauvage NWRs phones for another observer to hop aboard the boat heading to Breton NWR to determine the status of booms placed there to help deflect oil away from 1,300 nesting brown pelicans....
- Images