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Trip with Wildlife and Fisheries Pelican Rescue Grand Isle BP Oil Soil July 2

July 01, 2010  •  Leave a Comment

Images from trip this morning to Queen Bess Island and Cat Island east of Grand Isle……..My initial feelings on what In saw out there were pretty disturbed, but happy to see that the young pelicans I met a couple weeks ago had grown, at least the ones left……….but now that I look at the stills, I am speechless at what I see now, that I could not see from the distance we were shooting from……I really don’t have anything constructive to say right now….except that our guides from the Wildlife and Fisheries and Boat captain were most helpful in making sure we saw what we needed too, thanks guys!
Off to Venice tomorrow…..
though one thing I did notice since my last trip there about 3 weeks ago, a lot of the adults are not there, there are many young pelicans that seem to be on their own….


 

 

giw_jm_24

Probably in response to the "exposed" results of the storm, BP is now trying to keep media even further away from their work...."Coast Guard now enforcing 65 foot distance from any booms on the beaches or in the water including media.....this will make it even harder to photograph the oil spill. This would mean that almost every photograph I have taken the last two weeks could result in a Class D felony....this is absolutely a completely unnecessary restriction of the right of civilians to document the pollution of American waterways and beaches." To add insult to injury, this gives you a good idea of how many layers the beach has been covered with by the workers....I wonder where they are getting all the new sand literally packed with the shells of dead sea critters.......



 


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