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October 2010
- October 27 - Nearly 500,000 Acres Enrolled in Cooperative Federal Effort to Protect Birds in Spill Zone"
- October 21 - NOAA, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Audubon Nature Institute Return Sea Turtles to Gulf Waters"
- October 17 - MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Status update of Hammond (LA) Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and Deepwater Horizon Response wildlife operations.
September 2010
August 2010
- August 26 - Sea Turtle Nests to Remain on Beaches of Northwest Florida and Alabama
- August 18 - "Scientists Release the First Rescued, Rehabilitated Sea Turtles Back into the Gulf"
- August 17 - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Ends Relocation of Sea Turtle Eggs in Franklin and Gulf Counties
- 3-Aug, Sea turtle hatchlings relocated from the Gulf of Mexicos oil spill area released into the Atlantic Ocean
July 2010
- 30-Jul, "DOI Sensitive Lands Branch Ensures Gulf Cleanup Does Not Harm Environment, Wildlife"
- 28-Jul, Sixteen Birds Released at Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge
- 23-Jul, Kemps Ridley Sea Turtle Nest Relocated from Gulf Islands National Seashore
- 18-Jul, Scientists Ask Public to Report Banded Birds to Help Scientific Research
- 16-Jul, State and Federal Biologists Closely Monitoring Oiled Birds on Raccoon Island
- 10-Jul, Local Louisiana Firm Retrofits Hammond Bird Rehabilitation Facility
- 9-Jul, "State and Federal wildlife agencies, other partners, move to safeguard sea turtle nests; FedEx providing transportation to Floridas Space Coast"
- 8-Jul, Protecting Wild Dolphins During the Gulf Oil Spill
- 7-Jul, "Using Sound Science, Fish and Wildlife Service Addresses Urgent Habitat Needs for Birds and Other Wildlife Along the Gulf Coast"
- 4-Jul, "Fort Jackson Bird Rehabilitation Center to be Relocated to More Secure, Fit-For-Purpose Building in Hammond, La."
- 2-Jul, Unified Area Command Continues to Build a Sea Turtle Observer Program for On-Water Oil Clean-up
- 1-Jul, Endangered Sea Turtle Nests to Receive Special Transportation
June 2010
- 30-Jun, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Develops Strategy to Help Waterfowl and other Migratory Birds Weather the Gulf Coast Oil Spill
- 26-Jun, "Oil-spill Response Plan to protect sea turtle nests and hatchlings released"
- 18-Jun, CORRECTION: Florida Peninsula Command Post Develops Plans to Mitigate Impact to Wildlife in Florida Peninsula and Keys Should Need Arise
- 12-Jun, "Salazar Visits Gulf Islands National Seashore as Interior Continues Fight to Protect Gulf Coast National Parks, Wildlife Refuges"
- 8-Jun, BP to Donate Net Revenue From MC252 Well Leak to Protect and Rehabilitate Wildlife in Gulf States
- 3-Jun, Queen Bess Island Pelican Rookery Affect by Oil
May 2010
- 29-May, Consolidated Fish and Wildlife Report Available On-line
- 8-May, Press Release: Stop Flights Over Wildlife Refuge
- 7-May, Breton National Wildlife Refuge closed to public entry
- 5-May, NOAA Update on Sea Turtle Stranding in the Gulf of Mexico
- 4-May, "Migratory Bird ""Fall Out"" being reported along Gulf Coast"