While the BP oil spill clearly adversely affected kemp’s ridley sea turtles, its important to remember that it also impacted many other aspects of GOM marine life.  Some steps towards mitigating that damage were announced today.

 

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Oiled Kemp’s ridley from the BP oil spill. Photo from noaa.gov