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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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This week marks the 2-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. June 2, 2010 BP apparently bans workers from showing dead or dying wildlife and from talking to the press. October 26, 2011 BP is awarded a permit to drill another exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico.

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The Dry Tortugas: A Must for Birders

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Lying about 70 nautical miles west of Key West, Dry Tortugas National Park is a small group of low lying islands rich in history and in wildlife. The United States built Fort Jefferson on Garden Key between 1846 to 1875 to protect its interests in the Gulf of Mexico, but was later abandoned without ever being fully completed.