Air Operations at Lakefront Airport (4809815860)
July 2010 - New Orleans. Randy Wilson, team leader for wildlife observation, gets ready for his daily reconnaissance flight to look for oil and dead and injured wildlife. Wilson is on his third rotation in the... More
Michael Pixley, USFWS, scanning for oiled birds (5014774011)
Michael Pixley, USFWS, scanning for oiled birds at Queen Bess Island, near Grand Isle, Louisiana.
Mike Carloss, La. DWF goes after oiled birds at Queen Bess Island (501...
Mike Carloss of Louisiana DWF goes after oiled birds at Queen Bess Island during BP oil spill response
Barataria Bay workers 7 (4930662674)
Photo by Steve Martarano, USFWS.
Beach rescue (5015364226)
Responding to a Wildlife Hotline Call, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Biologist Leanne Bonner and Terry Adelsbach, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lead Biologist, Grand Isle Wildlife Response Gro... More
Beach rescue at Grand Isle (5014765679)
Responding to a Wildlife Hotline Call, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Biologist Leanne Bonner and Terry Adlesbach, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lead Biologist, Grand Isle Wildlife Response Gro... More
Beach rescue (5014756729)
Coast Guard guides Widlife Response Group to oiled laughing gull at Grand Isle. Aug 8, 2010 by Tom MacKenzie USFWS IMG_8058
Grand Isle wildlife response group conducts operations briefing (50147...
Grand Isle wildlife response group conducts operations briefing prior to search and rescuse operations. Photo by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS July 8, 2010 4576
Grand Isle news conference 1 (4930068165)
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal at a press conference after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Photo by Steve Martarano, USFWS.
Grand Isle wildlife response group IMG 4579 (5015397448)
Grand Isle wildlife response group Safety Office Tom Lail (l)and Troy Floyd, Area Coordinator (r) , conducts operations briefing prior to search and rescuse operations. Photo by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS
Grand Isle Wildlife Response Group (5015387826)
Grand Isle Wildlife Response Group, Aug. 2, 2010 by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS
Brown pelicans flying at queen bess 715 (5015357946)
Brown pelicans flying near Queen Bess Island, Louisiana, USA, during BP oil spill response.
LDWF catches oiled brown pelican at mangrove island (5014701071)
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries with the Wildlife Response Group captures an oiled brown pelican at Queen Bess Island near Grand Isle, Louisiana, USA
Marsh washing demo (5015312848)
Marsh washing demonstraton at Bay Jimmy. Photo by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS Aug. 21, 2010
Checking the weather (4821326206)
Dennis Pass, La. - Haven Barnhill of Santee National Wildlife Refuge, who runs the operations on the barge, checks the weather by phone, as well as using the Internet and television radar, to plan the next day’... More
Search and capture team deploys (5015327832)
Search-and-capture team deploys a pirogue to a nesting colony to rescue an oiled pelican at Queen Bess island off Grand Isle, Louisiana, USA
Daily muster before dawn (4820707371)
Dennis Pass, La. - After arising at 4:30 a.m., the crew gathers outside in near-darkness at 5:30 a.m. for the daily muster, when Haven Barnhill runs down the upcoming day’s operations. His usual send-off to th... More
Hugh Morrison (4860180570)
Hugh Morrison, assistant regional director for budget and administration for Region 6, at work in New Orleans: “Working on the spill has helped me to reaffirm to myself I can operate effectively in a somewhat c... More
Morning ops briefing (5015307156)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service members of the Grand Isle Wildlife Response Group, Aug 2, 2010. Photo by Tom MacKenzie, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 7499
On patrol in Dennis Pass (4821325638)
Dennis Pass, La. - Fish and Wildlife personnel patrol the inlets, bayous and marshes of the Louisiana delta looking for oil and wildlife, and sending the information they find back to the Houma Incident Command... More
Terry Adelsbach, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lead Biologist, Grand ...
Terry Adelsbach, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lead Biologist, Grand Isle Wildlife Response Group and Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Biologist Leanne Bonner discuss capture of oiled laughing g... More
Fort Livingston Louisiana BP Oil Boom
Ruins of Fort Livingston, Louisiana, with oil containment booms in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster.
Fort Livinston LA Oiled-sand
Ruins of Fort Livingston, Louisiana. Contamination from BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill disaster. Jason Church collecting samples of oiled sand; station 6, northwest of the exterior wall of Fort Livingston. Not... More
Fort Livingston LA Deepwater Horizon Oil Contamination
Ruins of Fort Livingston, Louisiana. Contamination from BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill disaster. Inside the southernmost casemate. The cooler temperatures inside the casemate allow the oil to become more visco... More
Allen-orleans
Adm. Thad Allen provides a briefing to the Unified Area Command in New Orleans Monday, June 28, 2010. Allen is the National Incident Commander for the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Arranging the Sandbags DVIDS1095452
ELMER'S ISLAND, La. - Soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard arrange sandbags in an inlet off Elmer's Island May 10, 2010. Troops with the Louisiana National Guard have been activated in response to the D... More
HSE workers clean up Port Fourchon beach 2010-05-23
Health, safety and environment (HSE) workers contracted by BP clean up oil on a beach in Port Fourchon, La., May 23, 2010. Hundreds of contracted HSE workers are cleaning up oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil s... More
Oil recovery vessel in the Gulf of Mexico
Response boats work to clean up oil where the Deepwater Horizon oilrig sank April 22, 2010. The mobile offshore drilling platform was engulfed in flames after an explosion April 20. The Coast Guard continues t... More
Oil waste clean up at Elmer's Island 2010-05-21
A worker cleans up oily waste on Elmer's Island just west of Grand Isle, La., May 21, 2010. Hundreds of workers are cleaning up oil from the damaged Deepwater Horizon wellhead that reached the shore a month aft... More
Venice Louisiana Oil Spill Booms Night
VENICE, La. - U.S. Environmental Services' workers move oil containment boom onto a supply boat in Venice, La., April 29, 2010. Staging areas are being set up along the Gulf Coast to actively identify, target a... More
BP subsea oil recovery system chamber construction 2010-04-26
A welder fabricates a portion of the BP subsea oil recovery system chamber at Wild Well Control, Inc. in Port Fourchon, La., April 26, 2010. The chamber will be one of the largest ever built and will be used i... More
USCG places oil containment boom at Port Fourchon beach 2010-05-14
Health, safety and environment workers with the U.S. Coast Guard place an oil containment boom on low areas of a beach that are affected by tide in Port Fourchon, Louisian.
36 inch diameter steel hard boom at barataria bay (5015293624)
Worker assemble foam filled 36-inch steel pipe hard boom in Barataria Bay to deflect and canalize incoming oil. Photo by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS. 4724
Barataria Bay workers 1 (4930656860)
Photo by Steve Martarano, USFWS.
Barataria Bay workers 2 (4930657088)
Photo by Steve Martarano, USFWS.
Barataria Bay workers 4 (4930068925)
Photo by Steve Martarano, USFWS.
Barataria Bay workers 5 (4930069221)
Photo by Steve Martarano, USFWS.
Barataria Bay workers 6 (4930659392)
Photo by Steve Martarano, USFWS.
BP clean-up crew picks up oiled sorbent boom (5015295094)
BP clean-up crew picks up oiled sorbent boom at Queen Bess Island. Crews were not allowed to enter sensitive rookeries, but could clean up beach areas. July 14, 2010 Photo by Tom MacKenzie, U.S. Fish and WIl... More
BP Contractors deploy sorbent boom (5014749273)
BP contractors deploy a sorbent boom at Queen Bess Island, Louisiana, USA
Brown pelican on boom at queen bess island (5015354552)
Brown pelicans perch on boom at Queen Bess Island, Louisiana, duirng BP oil spill response.
Brown pelican feeding frenzy (5015316868)
Brown Pelicans feeding during BP oil spill response off Queen Bess Island, Louisiana, USA.
Chris Reighn, USFWS, captures an oiled brown pelican (5014724391)
Chris Reighn, USFWS, captures an oiled Brown Pelican during the BP Oil spill response at Queen Bess Island, Louisiana.
Christina Tallada suits up in PPE to catch bird (5015311822)
Christina Tallada of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries suits up in Personal Protective Equipment to rescue oiled pelicans at Queen Bess Island off Grande Isle, Louisiana, USA, during BP oil spi... More
Christine Chung, USFWS in Barataria Bay. (5015383744)
Christine Chung, USFWS, picking up a captured oiled pelican at Queen Bess Island, Louisiana, during BP oil spill response.
Helicopter Crews at Lakefront Airport (4809815486)
July 2010 - New Orleans. Workers from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service and other agencies attend the 0630 briefing at the Helibase at Lakefront Airport in New Orleans. Photo by Phil Kloer,... More
Jerod Galloway, LDWF during media tour at BP oil spill response (50153...
Jerod Galloway, LDWF during media tour at BP oil spill response, Grand Isle, LA. by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS
Loading up (4821325762)
Dennis Pass, La. - Fish and Wildlife personnel load cages, nets and other equipment onto small boats to start their rescue operations. Photo credit: Phil Kloer/USFWS www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries members of the Wildlife...
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries members of the Wildlife Response Group prepare to capture an oiled brown pelican at Queen Bess Island near Grand Isle, La. Aug 2, 2010. Photo by Tom MacKenzie, U.S... More
Mini Nagerdran fws-captures brown pelican at Queen Bess Island (501535...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lead biologist at Queen Bess Island, Grand Isle Wildlife Response Group, with just-captured brown pelican during BP oil spill response.
Mini Nagerdran, USFWS and Erin McCarthy(r) during oil spill response g...
Mini Nagerdran, (c) USFWS, and Erin McCarthy(r) during oil spill response Grand Isle. Photo by Tom MacKenzie, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Pattie Holland Lafayette & Allen Lottinger VOO boot (5014786431)
Patti Holland, USFWS and Allen Lottinger, Vessel of Opportunity boat captain search for oiled birds during the BP oil spill respons near Grand Isle, La. photo by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS 11, 2010 5175
Oil spill media tour at Grand Isle (5015295878)
Oil spill media tour at Grand Isle Photo by Tom MacKenzie, U.S. Fish and WIldlife Service
Patti Holland, Lafayette Ecological Services Office searches for oiled...
Patti Holland, Lafayette Ecological Services Office searches for oiled birds at Bell Pass, near Port Fourchon, La. during the BP Oil spill response. She was assisgned to the Grand Isla Wildlfe Response Group. ... More
Oil spill Grand isle group shot (5014691837)
Forward Operating Base Grand Isle Response Team Photo by Tom MacKenzie, U.S. Fish and WIldlife Service
Preparing for Recon Flight (4809193449)
July 2010 - New Orleans. Randy Wilson and Paul Yakupzack, refuge manager at Mandalay/Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana, prepare to board a helicopter for a reconnaissance flight. Photo by Phil ... More
Sandi Fisher on Barataria Bay, La. (5015390762)
7576 Sandi Fisher, USFWS, on Recon and Rescue boat at Grand Isle, La. Aug 2, 2010 by Tom MacKenzie
Shane Granier on bird rescue mission (5014772671)
Shane Granier, La. Dept of WIldlife & Fisheries search and rescue team member, paddles near Queen Bess Island, Louisiana, USA, to rescue oiled birds.
USFWS biologists at Grand Isle (5015294470)
USFWS biologists at Grand Isle heading out on oiled bird search and rescue mission. IMG_6377. See also en:Volume and extent of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill#Oil sightings.
Vacuming oil at Bay Jimmy (5015330224)
Vacuming oil at Bay Jimmy. Photo by Tom MacKenzie, U.S. Fish and WIldlife Service.
Wildlife Response Group Grand Isle secures a captured an oiled pelican...
Wildlife Response Group Grand Isle secures a captured an oiled pelican in the waters off Queen Bess Island.
Workers assemble 36 in pipe hard boom on Barataria Bay (5014769017)
Workers assemble 36 in pipe hard boom on Barataria Bay for the BP Oil Spill Response. Aug. 4, 2010 By Tom MacKenzie, USFWS. 7721
US Navy 100708-N-9174G-001 U.S. Navy MZ-3A manned derived from the com...
NEW ORLEANS (July 8, 2010) A U.S. Navy MZ-3A manned airship, Advanced Airship Flying Laboratory, derived from the commercial A-170 series blimp lands at Lake Front Airport, New Orleans, La., to provide logisti... More
Defense.gov News Photo 100708-N-9174G-005 - A U.S. Navy MZ-3A manned a...
A U.S. Navy MZ-3A manned airship, Advanced Airship Flying Laboratory, derived from the commercial A-170 series blimp, lands at Lake Front Airport in New Orleans, La., to provide logistical support for the Deep... More
June 2, Administrator Jackson Tours the Beaches of Port Fourchon, LA (...
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson takes a look at all the variety of methods being tried to catch and absorb oil. More about EPA's response at www.epa.gov/bpspill/
US Navy 100708-N-9174G-005 A U.S. Navy MZ-3A manned airship derived fr...
NEW ORLEANS (July 8, 2010) A U.S. Navy MZ-3A manned airship, Advanced Airship Flying Laboratory, derived from the commercial A-170 series blimp lands at Lake Front Airport, New Orleans, La., to provide logisti... More
US Navy 100708-N-9174G-003 A U.S. Navy MZ-3A manned airship derived fr...
NEW ORLEANS (July 8, 2010) A U.S. Navy MZ-3A manned airship, Advanced Airship Flying Laboratory, derived from the commercial A-170 series blimp lands at Lake Front Airport, New Orleans, La., to provide logisti... More
US Navy 100708-N-9174G-004 U.S. Navy MZ-3A manned airship is signaled ...
NEW ORLEANS (July 8, 2010) A U.S. Navy MZ-3A manned airship, Advanced Airship Flying Laboratory, is signaled to cut engines at Lake Front Airport, New Orleans, La. The airship will be used to provide logistica... More
Defense.gov News Photo 100506-F-2117V-243 - U.S. Army soldiers with th...
U.S. Army soldiers with the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 205th Engineer Battalion construct a 300-foot temporary wharf at Campo Marina that will be used to load boats with booms and supplies in response t... More
Defense.gov photo essay 100505-N-6070S-158
Donnie Wilson secures a line from the Marine Vessel Premier Explorer before a controlled burn of gathered concentrated oil in the Gulf of Mexico in Venice, La., May 4, 2010. The U.S. Coast Guard, BP, local res... More
Smoke from controlled oil fire in Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, after Dee...
Smoke billows over a controlled oil fire in the Gulf of Mexico off Venice, La., May 5, 2010. The U.S. Coast Guard, working with BP, local residents and federal agencies, conducted the burn to help prevent the ... More
US Navy 100511-N-9712C-003 Sailors unload oil containment equipment fr...
NEW ORLEANS (May 11, 2010) Sailors unload oil containment equipment from an Air Force C-17 transport aircraft at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans. Air Force C-17s from Anchorage, Alaska, delive... More
June 2, Walking the Impacted Beaches in Port Fourchon, LA (4664441744)
More about EPA's response at www.epa.gov/bpspill/
Defense.gov photo essay 100505-G-8744K-002
A crewman aboard the motor vessel Joe Griffith secures a pollution containment chamber to the deck as the ship is prepared to depart Wild Well Control off Port Fourchon, La., May 5, 2010. The chamber was desig... More
Defense.gov photo essay 100505-G-8744K-005
Crewmen aboard the motor vessel Joe Griffith guide a pollution containment chamber onto the deck as the ship prepares to depart Wild Well Control off Port Fourchon, La., May 5, 2010. The chamber was designed t... More
Defense.gov photo essay 100504-G-8744K-004
Workers at a decontamination site carry an oil containment boom that was cleaned in Venice, La., May 4, 2010. The boom is to be transferred to a staging area where it will be put back into service aboard one o... More