Cross-posted in a slightly different form at 1Sky.org.
Yesterday, a guest blog at 1Sky posted a heart-wrenching story about oil from the BP spill coming ashore at Florida's Gulf Island National Seashore. Sadly, this location is one of 15 special places identified as at-risk of contamination from the BP oil spill,in a report by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization and the Natural Resources Defense Council. "Special Places at Risk in the Gulf of Mexico' (in .pdf form that can by accessed at this link), was written in late May to summarize the ecological value of only a few of the many National Parks, Wildlife Refuges, Seashores, and State Wildlife Management Areas at potential risk from the spill that has now been flowing for more than 2 months.
continued at Daily Kos....
