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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Wildlife Response Efforts

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Wildlife Response Efforts. Heidi Stout, VMD Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research, Inc. Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research. 35 yr experience responding to oiled wildlife around the world Drills, workshops and contingency planning Clinic.

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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Wildlife Response Efforts

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  1. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Wildlife Response Efforts Heidi Stout, VMD Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research, Inc

  2. Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research • 35 yr experience responding to oiled wildlife around the world • Drills, workshops and contingency planning • Clinic

  3. Off-shore rig explosion 20 April 10 Largest oil spill response in hx of USA Unique incident Geographic extent Release Countermeasures Incident Background

  4. Gulf-wide Wildlife Response • UAC ( aka “Robert”) • Sector New Orleans (aka LA) • Sector Mobile • MS, AL, FL (panhandle only) • Florida Peninsular Command Post • Sectors St. Petersburg, Key West, Miami, Jacksonville • Texas

  5. Gulf-wide Wildlife Response • Multiple states, multiple command posts • Species, trustee agencies • Planning, operations • State / local resources • Media • Communication

  6. Countermeasures

  7. Resources at Risk • The habitats potentially impacted include more than 8,332 wildlife species • > 1,200 fish • > 200 birds • 1,400 mollusks • 1,500 crustaceans • 4 sea turtles • 29 marine mammals Source: FL FWC

  8. Sea Turtles • Stranding network • On water ops • Strandings • Nests

  9. Rookeries

  10. Rookeries

  11. Field Ops

  12. Animal Transport • Ambient temps • On water • Air • Purpose built • Contractors

  13. Media • Wildlife high profile • JICs • Messages • Transparency • Unprecedented access • Sensitivity to wildlife

  14. Four Oiled Wildlife Centers

  15. Facilities • Management • Evidence • Protocols • Co-located activities • Best Practices • Minimum Standards

  16. Logistics

  17. Donations • Community • Global • Decline • Redirect • THANK

  18. Intake

  19. Herd Health • Ventilation • Housing density • Nutrition • Stress • Hygiene / disease control

  20. Paraprofessional Program • Volunteers • Sources • Training • Safety • Compassion fatigue

  21. The Unexpected

  22. NOGAs

  23. Baby Pelicans

  24. Releases

  25. Wildlife Response Update • Live oiled birds collected 2079 • Released 1246 to date • Live oiled sea turtles collected 456 • Released 397 to date; > 14,500 hatchlings released to date • www.restorethegulf.gov • Photos by: TSBR, IBRRC, FWC, LDWF, Getty Images, CNN, TIME, AP, Reuters

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