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International Bird Rescue volunteers clean a pelican during the 1971 San Francisco Bay oil spill. (Courtesy photo)
International Bird Rescue celebrates golden anniversary
FAIRFIELD January marked the 50th anniversary of the devastating oil spill that fouled the San Francisco Bay, killing thousands of seabirds. It was a tragic event that spawned the creation of a new branch of environmental science that continues to evolve today here in Solano County.
Two Standard Oil tankers – the Arizona Standard and the Oregon Standard – collided in the bay near the Golden Gate Bridge on an early foggy morning, Jan. 18, 1971.
The collision resulted in 800,000 gallons of caustic, sticky crude staining the bay and surrounding beaches and in its wake, created a wildlife emergency like no other that led to the formation of International Bird Rescue in Berkeley.
see these beautiful animals that are soiled basically to make our lives convenient and simple. so, it is we all have a hand in this. i think that we all have a hand in cleaning it up. a lot of people working very hard. man in charge, jay holcomb, bird rescue research center director, did i get that right? yes, you did. you ve been doing this 40 years. how does this spill compare to what you ve seen? one thing different about this spill than any others is that the oil keeps pumping. therefore we can t really plan for an end to it. spills start with three pieces, beginning, the middle when everything is working, getting the cleaned up and then the end, where the last drop is cleaned. we re still kind of in the beginning. that makes it tiring and frustrating. we saw the process where the birds are cleaned. once they re cleaned they re brought here. can you show us? sure. this is one of the cages outside. these guys are in the rehabilitation stage. can you see them?
i think we all have a hand in cleaning it up. a lot of people working very hard. man in charge, jay holcomb, bird rescue research center. did i get that right? right on. you ve been doing this 40 years. how does this spill compare to what you ve seen? one thing different about this spill than any others is that the oil keeps pumping. therefore we can t really plan for an end to it. spills start with three pieces, beginning, the middle when everything is working, getting the cleaned up and then the end, where the last drop is cleaned. we re still kind of in the beginning. that makes it tiring and frustrating. we saw the process where the birds are cleaned. once they re cleaned they re brought here. can you show us? sure. this is one of the cages outside. these guys are in the rehabilitation stage. can you see them? so these pelicans they ll calm down in a second. some of those first pelicans you
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