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40+ oiled birds collected in SF Bay spill

SF Oil Spill

40+ oiled birds collected in SF Bay spill

November 3, 2009 by Bird-Rescue

After collecting more than 40 oiled birds over the weekend, the search continues for soiled wildlife after a tanker spilled 400 to 800 gallons of bunker fuel into San Francisco Bay last Friday morning. So far, 35 live birds had been collected and another 11 had been found dead, according to the California Department of … Read more

Categories Uncategorized Tags ibrrc, oiled birds, SF Oil Spill, spill response

Bunker oil spill hits San Francisco Bay

October 31, 2009 by Bird-Rescue

Update: Oil spill prompts fishing ban A new oil spill on San Francisco Bay this morning has put wildlife spill response teams on high alert. A two-mile-long slick of bunker fuel now stretches across part of San Francisco Bay after a refueling mishap at 6:48 AM Friday between a tanker and a barge. The Panamanian … Read more

Categories Uncategorized Tags Oct 2009, SF Oil Spill

No big surprises: Report criticizes Coast Guard

January 29, 2008 by Bird-Rescue

A new report on the San Francisco Oil Spill response officially released today, won’t surprise most folks. The Coast Guard is roundly criticized for it’s incredibly slow communication the first day of the spill when it took nearly 10 hours to let people know that copius amounts of oil spilled from the Cosco Busan container … Read more

Categories Uncategorized Tags Coast Guard report, ibrrc, SF Oil Spill

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