[PCA] NEWS: Oil spill threatens already weakened wetlands

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Mon May 10 08:16:26 CDT 2010


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100510/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill_wetlands

Oil spill threatens already weakened wetlands
Associated Press
By John Flesher And Mary Foster, Associated Press Writers -- Mon May 10, 
4:56 am ET

SHELL BEACH, La. -- Battered by hurricanes, weakened by erosion and 
flood-control projects, the sprawling wetlands that nurture Gulf of Mexico 
marine life and buffer coastal cites from storm surges now face another 
stern test as a monster oil slick creeps ever closer.

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