Efforts Made to Reduce Oil, Bird Encounters

[Newsman]

A broad-based cooperative effort among state and federal agencies and corporate entities is helping to reduce the number of deaths of migratory birds and other wildlife attracted to oil field waste pits. Working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, many operators have taken preventive measures to reduce these losses, currently estimated at least a half-million birds annually. Endangered Species Bulletin Environmental Contaminants Program More...