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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>To repair and restore the Gulf and its
birdlife it seems BP’s efforts are doing more harm than good.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Donnie Dann<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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14.0pt'>Highland Park/Lake County<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h1><b><font size=6 color=maroon face=Arial><span style='font-size:24.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:maroon'>Many Gulf Spill Cleanup Efforts
Ineffective: Harming, not Helping Birds</span></font><o:p></o:p></b></h1>
<h4><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>New Report and Recommendations Issued by American Bird Conservancy</span></font><o:p></o:p></b></h4>
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</span></font><font size=1 color="#003366" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#003366'>An oiled Roseate
Spoonbill takes refuge on an oil boom in the Gulf. Photo by Mike Parr,
ABC</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Hf7%2BDDgXLrfAeDFmKhL4WC3isfbtvyYn">A
new report released by American Bird Conservancy</a>, America's leading
bird conservation group, shows how some of BP's oil spill cleanup efforts
are actually causing harm to birds and their habitats rather than helping
them, that cleanup vessels are inadequate and operating in the wrong
locations, and that deployed boom has failed to protect some important
bird colonies from oil.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>The report, entitled <a
href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MdJVBdcO3isAo18pqHG06i3isfbtvyYn">Gulf
Oil Spill: Field Survey Report and Recommendations</a>, provides a series
of five key recommendations for birds - ranging from the use of boom to
habitat restoration - related to cleanup efforts surrounding the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#003366'>View of the
oil.spill site from the air as seen by ABC experts on their recent
visit to the Gulf</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>The report is based on a just-completed week-long field assessment
by ABC staff, who observed oil impacts and cleaning operations from
Louisiana through Mississippi to Dauphin Island, Alabama. As part of the
overview, ABC staff toured affected areas by boat with local and federal
officials and charter boat captains. With Coast Guard officials, they
also undertook an aerial over-flight of the spill area and points
northwest of that location.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>"Restoration needs to start as soon as major coastal oiling
has been effectively addressed. The Gulf doesn't have the decades it took
to resolve the legal wrangling that followed the Exxon Valdez spill. The
hydrology of the Mississippi Delta and the surrounding area is already
facing dire threats from subsidence, climate change, erosion, and
hurricanes. Let's not repeat the same mistakes we made in Alaska twenty
years ago," said ABC Vice President and report author Mike Parr.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>The specific recommendations contained in the report (see expanded
explanations provided in the report) address:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:30.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1. The use
of more effective boom to protect bird colonies. Numerous instances were
observed where boom was in complete disarray, including being washed up
on shore.<br>
2. The employment of better fencing and other measures
to protect sensitive beach nesting areas and to reduce disturbance to
birds. Clean-up crews were clearly unaware in several instances of the
negative impacts they were causing to birds and their habitat.<br>
3. The deployment of adequately sized and equipped oil
skimmers close to the coast with real-time oil reports to eliminate oil
before it reaches the beaches and marshlands. ABC observed an instance of
a substantial heavy oil slick about half a mile offshore while cleanup
vessels were operating in very mildly oiled waters about one mile away -
apparently unaware.<br>
4. The creation of a staging and recovery area for
heavily oiled birds close to the coast. With the moving of the existing
facility to a location about 70 miles away, some sort of near-shore
facility is needed.<br>
5. The restoration of eroded island habitat for
nesting birds. Breton Island, for example, is a fraction of its original
size, is an important bird habitat and is in desperate need of
rebuilding.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'><br>
During their survey, ABC staff observed oiled birds at several locations.
The report presents a list of the observed oiled bird species.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'>View the report at</span></font></b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><a
href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kOxZcZXlFE7VGCNrGPvFvi3isfbtvyYn"><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/ABC_Gulf_Oil_Spill_Report.pdf.
</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'>Hear ABC Vice President</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OSEQp6juk7yPPNSu70tkGi3isfbtvyYn"><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> Mike Parr's radio interview on
Radio Pacifica</span></font></a></span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'> broadcast on KPFK Los Angeles. S</span></font>
<font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>croll down to the show
"Uprising" for Wednesday, July 21.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Help Support
ABC Efforts to Eliminate Threats to Birds</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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