GULF OIL SPILL INFORMATION
Steve Holzman, Administrator for Georgia Birders Online (www.gos.org) sent the following email to GABO:
I'm currently stationed in Mobile doing GIS support for Wildlife Operations for the US Fish and Wildlife Service. I'd like to get the following out to birders in the region. (Consider this message if you are going to be in the Gulf anytime
soon.....Georgia beaches are safe (for now).
To report oil on land, or for general community and volunteer information, please phone the BP response hotline on 866 448-5816.
To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 866 557-1401.
Volunteer opportunities exist in the Gulf Coast states and are being
coordinated as follows:
Louisiana http://www.volunteerlouisiana.gov/
Mississippi http://www.volunteermississippi.org
Florida http://www.volunteerfloridadisaster.org/
Alabama http://www.servealabama.gov/2010/default.aspx
Fishermen wishing to offer assistance in cleaning up the oil spill should phone the Vessel of Opportunities Program at 281 366-5511. Shrimp boats, oyster boats, and other vessels are being hired to deploy booms.
Please put the two hotline numbers in your pocket (or on your phone) and bird the beaches in the coming days/weeks. Remember, it is unlawful to handle an injured or oiled bird. Please leave this to those trained and authorized to do so. Call the hotline and follow their instructions. They should be able to get there in a reasonable amount of time.
NOAA forecasts show oil approaching Dauphin Island, AL on Thursday
(this a projection based on modelling currents and winds and should be
looked on as a weather forecast might be.
Thanks for your assistance,
Steve Holzman USFWS Athens, GA
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