Press Release- According to NOAA on May 17, since the beginning of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, 2. 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.
Photos taken during Governor Jindal's Tuesday flyover of areas of Louisiana's coast impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill show thick, rust colored ribbons of emulsified oil encroaching on the shores of the Pass a Loutre Wildlife Management Area, dark pools of oil forming near the coast and oil overtopping protective booms.


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