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Reserve Pits: Mortality Risks to Birds 2009.
A reserve pit is an earthen pit excavated adjacent to a drilling rig and is commonly used for the disposal of drilling muds and fluids in natural gas or oil fields. If the reserve pit contains oil or oil-based products (i.e. ...
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Migratory Bird Mortality in Oilfield Wastewater Disposal Facilities 2009.
Commercial and centralized oil field wastewater disposal facilities (COWDFs), pose a significant risk to migratory birds and other wildlife because they use large evaporation ponds (either passive or with aeration) to dispose...
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After Action Report: Barge DM932 Oil Spill, Mississippi River, New Orleans, Louisiana 2009.
Description or Abstract Not Available...
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Intersex Fish: Endocrine disruption in smallmouth bass 2009.
Since 2003, scientists at the U.S.
Geological Surveyﾒs National Fish
Health Research Laboratory
(NFHRL) in Kearneysville, WV have
been evaluating the reproductive
health of smallmouth bass in the upper
Potomac River and...
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Pollution Levels Declining in Waterfowl at an Eastern North Carolina Waste Site 2008.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and partners measured pollutants in wood duck (Aix sponsa) eggs collected near a North Carolina paper mill. The mill, on the Roanoke River near Plymouth, is adjacent to one of the Na...
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Bridging the Gap: Contaminants biologists help turn environmental hazards into healthy wetlands. 2007.
Ecological Contaminants biologists help turn environmental hazards into healthy wetlands in the Coeur d'Alene Basin in northern Idaho....
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Protecting and Restoring Marbled Murrelet Habitat 2007.
In 1998, the tanker Command spilled
approximately 3,000 gallons (11,350
liters) of fuel oil from a damaged tank
while en route from San Francisco to
Central America. The spill oiled beaches
along the San Mateo County coa...
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Contaminants in Unexpected Places 2007.
Fish hatcheries are an important
tool in the Fish and Wildlife Service's
efforts to restore threatened and endangered
aquatic species. Unfortunately,
these facilities sometimes face the same
contaminant risks encountered...
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Restoring Whooping Crane Habitat in Texas 2007.
The Fish and Wildlife Service's Corpus
Christi Ecological Services Field Office in
Texas is seeking to restore and preserve
the crane's vital estuarine habitat. Its
most recent success was made possible
through a coopera...
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Mercury Contamination in Waterbirds Breeding in San Francisco Bay 2007.
San Francisco Bay has a legacy of mercury contamination from historical mercury mining
in the Coast Range and gold extraction in the Sierra Nevadas. An estimated 220 million pounds of mercury were mined in the coastal mounta...
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The Lake Apopka Agreement 2007. Endangered Species Bulletin
From November 1998 through early
April 1999, a bird die-off occurred on
the north shore of Lake Apopka, Florida.
The deaths occurred on former farmlands
that had been purchased to reduce
nutrient run-off into the lake by...
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The Environmental Contaminants Program 2007. Endangered Species Bulletin
Today, the Service's Environmental
Contaminants Program includes contaminants
specialists stationed at more than
75 locations around the country. These
scientists are on the front lines in the
fight against pollution. Th...
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Alaskans are "Pulling Together" 2007. Endangered Species Bulletin
When we hear about "invaders,"
we often imagine the danger these
interlopers pose is obvious and immediate.
However, newly introduced species
may not become invasive for decades
after they arrive. In 1993, biologist W.R....
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Developing Barriers to Biological Invasions 2007. Endangered Species Bulletin
The pathways used by non-native
species are not always obvious. Many
problematic species, diseases, and
parasites have been transferred to new
locations as undetected (and unplanned)
hitchhikers. Unintended introductions...
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Clearing the Water for Mussels 2007. Endangered Species Bulletin
In cooperation with our partners, the
Fish and Wildlife Service's Environmental
Contaminants Program provides the
science needed to improve water quality
for restoring freshwater mussels - our
Nation's largest group of t...
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AVIAN CONSUMPTION AND USE OF CONTAMINATED WATER SOURCES: TOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS OF EXPOSURE, EFFECTS AND SUSCEPTIBILITY.: Final Report - Part I 2007.
Introduction: Availability of clean water sources is critical to the daily survival of wild bird species, while migratory species are dependent on water sources as they labor to reach their wintering or breeding grounds. Wate...
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AVIAN CONSUMPTION AND USE OF CONTAMINATED WATER SOURCES: TOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS OF EXPOSURE, EFFECTS AND SUSCEPTIBILITY: Final Report ﾖ Part I - APPENDICES 2007.
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New Publications Advance Understanding of Freshwater Mussel Sensitivity to Pollutants 2007. Conserving the Nature of America
The October 2007 issue of the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry has a special
section on the pollutant sensitivity of freshwater mussels. Scientists with U.S. Geological Survey
and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servic...
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Tumors in Catfish from the South River, Anne Arundel County, MD 2005.
The brown bullhead (Ameiurus
nebulosus) is a species of catfish that
lives in rivers, lakes, and ponds. In tidal
waters, they can tolerate salinities up
to about 15 parts per thousand (about
half that of the ocean). Bull...
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Small-scale captive breeding of a euryhaline pipefish. 2004. World Aquaculture
Description or Abstract Not Available...
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A survey of dioxin and furan compounds in sediments of Florida Panhandle Bay systems. 2003. Marine Pollution Bulletin
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Angler Alert: Fishing Line Can Kill! 2003.
Ospreys are very tolerant of humans and will
fish and nest close to populated communities.
They often line their nests with a variety of
natural and manmade materials. Some of the
manmade materials ospreys pick up include...
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Summary of Natural Resource Damage Assessment Restoration Projects at the Cleveland Mill. 2003.
Located in the headwaters of a small tributary of Little Walnut Creek, 5.5 miles north of Sliver City, in Grant County, New Mexico is the Cleveland Mill Superfund Site. This Site is an abandoned lead, zinc and copper mine an...
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Alaska - At Risk. In: The Foundation for Global Action on Persistent Organic Pollutants: A United States Perspective. 2002.
This technical support document is aimed at informing decision makers, general academia, and the public on the scientific foundation and relevance to the United States of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Polluta...
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Beyond Cleanup: Restoring America's Natural Heritage: Facts About Superfund's Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program 1998.
CERCLA, commonly known as
Superfund, was passed in 1980 with
bipartisan support, establishing a
"polluter pays" hazardous waste cleanup
program. CERCLA's trust fund - made
up of an environmental income tax, and
petroleu...
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