Tarballs linger on Alabama's uninhabited beaches (a real mess)

[ensho]

http://blog.al.com/live/2011/05/tarballs_linger_on_alabamas_un.html


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The public beaches of Orange Beach, Gulf Shores and Dauphin Island received deep cleanings over the winter and are still monitored daily. But the more remote beaches not typically accessible to tourists, such as the west end of Dauphin Island and portions of the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, have not received the same treatment.

In part, that’s because state officials asked BP to prioritize the cleanup of the public beaches before tourist season. More importantly, U.S. Fish & Wildlife officials in the Joint Incident Command forbade any cleanup activities after March 1 in order to protect nesting shorebirds and turtles.

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like the birds and turtles know to avoid the tar balls?

there is a pic

[CountAllVotes]

1. disgusting!

:kick: & recommend.

[Possumpoint]

3. Reminds Me

Of what the Atlantic coast beaches looked like after WWII with all the spills happening then.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

2. I thought it was .tar.gz files.

Ew.

[Frances]

4. I think the cleanup machines are large and very noisy

so I can understand that they would disturb the nests, but the tarballs make me sick

I grew up in south Alabama and that picture makes me want to cry