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They mature. and the water here, before the spill, the governor says it would have been filled with fishermen. today, filled with oil. >> the further in it is, the more damage? >> absolutely. and as this dies off, this is our natural barrier against tidal surge. alex caused damage. the next storm will cause more damage. that allows it to come further into the gulf, further into the bay. >> the most productive estuary in north america. if the oily birds and sea turtles pulled out of here weeks ago are any indication, the odds of survival are grim. days before hurricane alex, scientists surveyed...

Confined to the outer edges of the marsh grass. not anymore. >> what we're worried about is the long-term impact of the oil in this water. millions of gallons of oil are still in the water. we're worried about the subsea wall and chemicals and dispersants. >> we're about 60 miles from the mouth of the mississippi river. that's the gulf of mexico right out there. you can see a massive oily sheen on the surface of the water here still and big, brown globs of oil still floating here. and just a moment ago, we saw a couple of dolphins swimming right through it all. you just pulled this right out o...

Manufacturing quite a bit of it . we deployed it in pensacola and it worked fantastic. it gathers a foot of this gathers a gallon of oil . incredible. you can get it out of the marshes and that's where we are finding the pelicans. >> bob devised a means of distributing the property in the marsh and we don't have to walk in the marsh grass to get the oil. that protects the ever seen anything like it?

This isn't out on the water but in the edges of this marsh grass. >> the oil is sitting out there. occasionally bp sends people out with these absorbent pads to literally soak it up. local officials are saying it's not doing the job. >> it's disgusting. in the corners the currents pull up the oil in one place and it's just sitting there. you look at the marsh grass, five feet deep into the grass and it is -- you see green in the distance but it is brown right upfrontd. >> killing those marshes. >> absolutely. >> ed lavendera, appreciate it. fears of another potential disaster out there. bp w...

These barges for some sort of inspection which, according to the governor's office, never took place. >> that's what they're saying. they're saying we lost 24 hours. they weren't on there and the equipment they've put on these barges is starting to suck up a lot more oil. the numbers we've been talking about, they think will go up thousands and thousands in the coming weeks. they have 16 out there now and 14 more that are supposed to be coming. >> the governor said they would like to ramp these up so there's more than 100 of them out there, really attacking this oil with bigger machines, bigge...