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$12 million into coastal and otherwiseter bed restoration. then, jenna, they will send the bill to bp. jenna: amazing to see oil still there. you put hand in it and pull it out. i just didnt realize it was still such an issue there. >> the word from scientists getting rid of the oil would cause more harm than good. it continues to march back into the marshes. if you scoop out the part contaminated which youre going to lose anyways, get back to virgin marsh, would that be better than letting it s...

Million left and they gave me a million. >> reporter: sources familiar with the compensation fund say blanchard was given a million dollars for lost profits on $7 million in lost sales. but fund administrator, ken feinberg, he is willing to listen. >> if we made a mistake, and he should receive not one million dollars but $2 million or $3 million, for his documented damage, we will pay it. >> reporter: at least there are shrimp to catch this year. not so with the oyster industry. freshwater dive...

Is struggling under the weight of thick crude oil never cleaned up. >> this is ail oil keeps getting pushes further and further with the tide movement up here into the marsh. >> reporter: plackmans parish president billy nunguesser has been sounding the alarm for nearly a year now and he says no one is listening. >> wildlife is being affected. marsh is being eaten away. there is no sense of your again system the coast guard is still standing there, defending bp instead of defending the american ...