Paul Rogers of the San Jose Mercury News has an excellent one year update on the Cosco Busan oil spill on San Francisco Bay. The spill in November 2007 left thousands of birds dead after 50,000 gallons of bunker fuel spewed out into the bay. …The eerie rainbow sheen is long gone from the water. … Read more
IBRRC is pleased to offer a handful of new day-long wildlife rescue classes, designed by WildRescue’s Rebecca Dmytryk. The first will be offered at IBRRC’s Fairfield, CA bird center on Sunday, December 7, 2008. Others are scheduled for Berkeley, Oakland and Fremont in January and February 2009. Classes in Southern California will also be scheduled … Read more
Making strides towards better response The size and magnitude of the Cosco Busan gave us the opportunity to learn where we need to improve. We have spent the year making strides to ensure a better response in the event of another major incident. We’d like to share these with everyone.GREATER RESPONSE CAPABILITIES: IBRRC is taking … Read more
Lots of stories will emerge this month on how the fragile San Francisco Bay is doing following last year’s Cosco Busan oil spill. Most of them so far seem to have swallowed the state’s reports verbatim. The first that I saw is from the San Francisco Chronicle: S.F. Bay seems recovered a year after oil … Read more
A very good update from the leader of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network (OWCN) on the upcoming anniversary of the Cosco Busan oil spill: “Wildlife Experts Reflect on Anniversary of Big SF Bay Oil Spill” One year after leading the second-largest rescue and rehabilitation of oiled seabirds in recent California history, UC Davis wildlife health … Read more