Gulf Sampling After Oil Spill
Thursday, August 5th, 2010This is Passport to Texas
During July, TPWD biologists collected environmental samples from along the Texas coast, creating a baseline record to gauge any impact in Texas from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. We caught up with biologist Chip Wood on Galveston Island in early July.
38—We’re working on trying to establish the normal conditions that we see along our coastline.
We’re doing that by collecting sediment, water and biota samples—basically all the different little animals that live in the sand along in the beach, as well as going through and just surveying what the general characteristics of the beach are.
You know, how wide it is, you know, what types of plants or vegetation may be there, uh, if there’s any presence of any oil at all on the beach already from any other source. We started up in the Beaumont Port Arthur area earlier this week, and we hope, weather permitting, that we’ll be able to complete the entire Texas coast by the end of next week.
The team completed the task of sampling 21 stations along the Texas coast in just two weeks.
The effort is part of a plan developed by multiple natural resource trustee agencies in coordination with BP.
If you see oil in Texas waters or shorelines call the Texas General Land Office oil spill reporting line at 800-832-8224.
That’s our show… the Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration program supports our series… For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti.
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