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For the second consecutive year, Delta Waterfowl will hold its Duck Hunters Expo July 28-30 at the Statehouse Convention Center.

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 fo...

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 mi...

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...

Man in charge, jay holcomb, executive director of the 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 it 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...