[StBernard] PHOTO RELEASE: Aerial Views of Oil Impacting Pass a Loutre, South Pass on Monday

[Westley Annis]

May 18, 2010
PHOTO RELEASE: Aerial Views of Oil Impacting Pass a Loutre, South Pass on Monday
BATON ROUGE, La. - Photos taken by Department of Environmental Quality staff participating in a flyover of parts of Louisiana's coast and on shoreline assessments on Monday documented oil impacting along the shoreline of the Pass a Loutre Wildlife Management Area and on the beaches west of South Pass.
According to NOAA on May 17, since the beginning of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, 29 miles of Louisiana's coastline already have seen oil reach the shore. This impact has occurred specifically at Trinity Island, Whiskey Island, South Pass, Chandeleur Islands, Fourchon Beach, Raccoon Island and Grand Isle. Oil sheen has been reported in Pass a Loutre and the state has received unconfirmed reports of oil on Marsh Island in Iberia Parish.
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