The Dungeness crab season opened as scheduled Thursday amid health concerns by those who wanted all fishing banned as cleanup continues on last week’s oil spill. The state announced that only the San Francisco Bay and three miles of Pacific coast, from Point Reyes to San Mateo County, would be off limits to commercial fishing. … Read more
Here’s the latest numbers on the oiled birds: 951 live birds in care394 washed of oil197 died/euthanized 884 found dead in the field* *Birds found dead include:225 visibly oiled115 unoiled544 unassessed Most of the birds treated include Scoters, Scaups, Grebes, Loons and Cormorants. A complete list of birds affected by the spill will be compiled … Read more
A week has past since the foul stench of bunker crude left its mark on San Francisco Bay. The oil is being cleaned off beaches and the bay. And more importantly from a wildlife standpoint, birds are STILL being rescued. Crews are working at this very moment trying to locate and catch any oiled bird … Read more
The good folks at Enterprise Rent-A-Car have graciously offered to except donations for the oiled bird rescue at four distinct locations in the Bay Area. If you paper towels, toilet paper, Pedialyte, Ensure or other items to donate, please drop them off at the following locations between 8 AM – 5 PM, Monday through Friday.In … Read more
From the Oiled Wildlife Care Network: “We want to make it clear that the costs associated with this current response will be paid by the party responsible for spilling the oil. If you would like to make a donation to the OWCN and its participating organizations for ongoing oiled wildlife care and rehabilitation activities, you … Read more
An oiled Scaup is cleaned at OWCN/IBRRC bird rescue center in Cordelia, CA. Click on image to see larger Here’s the updated numbers on the oiled bird response: 804 live birds in care 244 washed of oil 105 died/euthanized 590 found dead in the field* * birds found dead include: 112 visibly oiled 62 unoiled … Read more
Anybody willing to help us find a good place to design and imprint t-shirts to be given away to the hundreds of volunteers on this spill response? If you’re an artist, send us your ideas. If you’re project manager who has time to see this through, please send an e-mail to russ@ibrrc.org. In the past … Read more
David Helvarg: Death by the Bay, Opinion page, Los Angeles Times: “…I’m sitting by the dock of the Bay — that’s what Otis Redding called the Berkeley Municipal Pier in his famous song. Only now it smells like a gas station. On the rock pile below me, a surf scoter — a diving duck — … Read more
Contra Costa Times video report Gary Bogue’s blog on IBRRC’s efforts Green clean: SF Chronicle Accidents happen: CW Nevius Subscribe in a reader
From Jay Holcomb, International Bird Rescue’s Executive Director: I am resting for a minute so I thought I would write a very short update for the blog. First, thank you all for your well wishes and support. We are so grateful to the people who have contributed their time or money to this effort and … Read more