Coast Guard says tarballs found on keys not from BP oil spill
From the Deepwater Horizon Incident Joint Information Center. The Coast Guard Marine Safety Laboratory in New London, Conn. analyzed a sampling of tar balls discovered on Florida Keys shoreline Tuesday...
View ArticleCoast Guard responds to reports of oil in Florida Keys
Coast Guard pollution investigators from Sector Key West are currently responding to reports of an oily substance and tar balls near Duck Key, Fla., Long Key, Fla., and Grassy Key, Fla. Continued...
View ArticleCommunity Responders sought in Monroe County to train for oil clean-up work
The Florida Peninsula Command Post Unified Command announced Saturday plans to establish a group of Qualified Community Responders (QCR) in Monroe County to prepare for the possibility that oil...
View ArticleNOAA gives 60-80% chance of oil reaching South Florida
NOAA has used modeling of historical wind and ocean currents to project the likelihood that surface oil from the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill will impact additional U.S. coastline. This modeling,...
View ArticleFOSC issues Notice of Federal Interest to BP and Transocean about new sheen...
NEW ORLEANS — The Federal On-Scene Coordinator for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in New Orleans issued a Notice of Federal Interest to BP and Transocean Tuesday. Coast Guard Capt. Duke Walker issued...
View ArticleROVs investigate possible sheen source at Deepwater Horizon
NEW ORLEANS— Remote operated vehicles deployed from the offshore construction vessel Skandi Neptune collected oil samples on Wednesday from the underwater site of the Deepwater Horizon incident to...
View ArticleCoast Guard: Oil rig in Gulf on fire
5PM Update: The search continues for two missing workers. The fire is out. WEST COTE BLANCHE, La. — Coast Guard officials say an oil rig has exploded off the coast of Louisiana, sending four people to...
View ArticleFloirda stone crab season closes May 16
The commercial and recreational harvest of stone crab claws in Florida closes on May 16, with the last day of harvest on May 15. This closure occurs each year during the species’ peak spawning season...
View ArticleSFWMD says water levels positioned well for NWS forecast of ‘average’ wet season
Miami, FL — With the latest official forecast calling for an average 2013 wet season, water levels across 16 counties from Orlando to the Florida Keys are positioned to provide adequate water supply...
View ArticleGallery: Fishing adventures await in the Dry Tortugas
Gone coastal by Alan Peirce at Florida Wildlife Commission A few weeks ago, I had an opportunity to spend four days and three nights on Garden Key in Dry Tortugas National Park; the experience was one...
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