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Ton of wild life that lives there. what kind of wild life and ecosystem are we dealing with? >> this is a unique ecosystem and very complex and it consists of barrier islands andest wears, but the bottom line is that this estuary provides the environment and food that they need to survive, from the plankton up to the economically important crabs, mussels, clams, oysters, plankton is the backbone of the food chain here and the plankton and if the oil smothers the plankton and the plankton die. other animals can't eat and they're interrupted through the whole food chain. certainly shrimp are par...

>> amazing images. let me talk to you about this because we heard in the epa as they talked about the spill. the discharge coming from a mine, a mine that became inactive before the epa was founded. but talk about the four diversion ponds and is that enough to help clean up and divert the fouled water? >> is it enough? it started with two and now it's four. and this mine is still leeching fluid. they're going to have to build a fifth until they can cap this thing. it's worrying to see this go into the river because the reason the epa was there in the first place was because this mine was alrea...