Thursday, November 15, 2007
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San Francisco - Oakland Bay Citizen Oil Spill Response
Citizen Oil Spill Response
This website provides details about volunteer activities related to the response to the November 2007 oil spill resulting from a container ship striking the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Includes alerts about training opportunities and action alerts, and links to background about the spill and cleanup and restoration efforts. From Baykeeper, a nonprofit organization concerned with the protection and restoration of water quality in the San Francisco Bay.
http://www.baykeeper.org/news/oilspill.html

Frequently Asked Questions: Effects of Oil on Wildlife
This FAQ addresses topics about the effect of oil on birds and marine mammals, such as toxicity, long-term effects, wildlife reproduction, and rehabilitation time for oiled birds. Provides an overview of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, which "is a joint program between the California Department of Fish and Game Office of Spill Prevention and Response and the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Wildlife Health Center," and includes network organization through the state.
http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/owcn/faqs.html

IncidentNews
This website "provides publicly available information related to oil and hazardous material spills, both current and historical." Find documents for the November 2007 incident where the container ship M/V Cosco Busan struck the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, rescue of wayward humpback whales in California's Sacramento River, and many other incidents back to 1967. Developed and maintained by the Emergency Response Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Response and Restoration.
http://www.incidentnews.gov/

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