Breakthrough: The Snowy Plover and the Oil Spill
- 2016
- 8m
When the Refugio Oil Spill of May 19th 2015 reached the Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve, breeding ground for the threatened Western Snowy Plover, the federally contracted clean up crew arrive... Read allWhen the Refugio Oil Spill of May 19th 2015 reached the Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve, breeding ground for the threatened Western Snowy Plover, the federally contracted clean up crew arrived with the intention of following protocol and decimating the protected nesting grounds. T... Read allWhen the Refugio Oil Spill of May 19th 2015 reached the Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve, breeding ground for the threatened Western Snowy Plover, the federally contracted clean up crew arrived with the intention of following protocol and decimating the protected nesting grounds. This is the story of how biologist Cristina Sandoval, director of the reserve managed the c... Read all