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Category Archives: BP Oil Spill
The Story of Louisiana’s Oiled Brown Pelican
I live very close to Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans and often take walks by the shore where I can watch the sunset. One of my favorite sights while I’m out there are these two majestic brown pelicans that soar up and down the shore in search for food. Brown pelicans, the state bird of [...]
Oil in Gulf Remains a Threat to Millions of Birds
With the arrival of spring comes the return of millions of birds that are flying back north so they can begin breeding and raising their young. But, nearly a year after the BP oil spill spewed millions of barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, experts are saying the threat to birds is [...]




