June 9, 2010 – Today, in addition to pictures of wildlife and the environment they struggle to survive in around Barataria Bay, Louisiana, an amazing and chilling underwater video is available. AP reporter Rich Matthews joined a dive team to find out how the BP oil spill is impacting the Gulf of Mexico. What is taking place underwater as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is devastating to the gulf's marine inhabitants.
First these great photographers took heartbreaking pictures of brown pelicans, then terns, laughing gulls, egrets, one turtle, a single fish, a dolphin and now the arresting ibis. See slide show below.
Other news about the impact of the oil spill on wildlife from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:
- Fort Jackson Bird Rehab Center is expanding in preparation for an increased influx of oiled birds.
- Crews began cleaning up significant quantities of oil on the Perdue Unit of Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge.
- Poor weather conditions are still hampering some field operations and causing boom failure.
Also, this morning, even when faced with NOAA's confirmation yesterday that University of South Florida researchers had indeed found such plumes, BP executive Doug Suttles is again insisting that no massive underwater oil plumes exist.
Included in today's slide show are also pictures of the dredging and building of a sand barrier to protect against the oil at East Grande Terre Island and still photos from the underwater dive.
More slide shows and videos:
Gulf oil spill: New wildlife pictures, terns, gulls, pelicans, a turtle, a fish, lucky birds video
Gulf oil spill impact pictures: Cat Island brown pelican chicks, struggle for birds on Grand Isle
Gulf oil spill: Environmental impact, East Grand Terre Island, brown pelicans struggle (pictures)
Gulf oil spill: Environmental impact in pictures, the plight of Queen Bess Island, brown pelicans
Gulf oil spill: What's at risk? Breton National Wildlife Refuge, Teddy Roosevelt visits (video)
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