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Web Sites of the Week - Gulf Oil Spill: How to Help
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Gulf Oil Spill – What you can do to help

Charleston Waterkeeper
The local Charleston Waterkeeper is involved with the Save Our Gulf campaign to assist Gulf of Mexico Waterkeepers in their jobs on the front lines of the spill.

Save Our Gulf
More than 200 Waterkeepers serve as the voice of the world’s waters.

Greater New Orleans Foundation
Donate to the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund.

Gulf Coast Oil Spill: How You Can Help
From Serve.gov – “As the government mounts a full-scale effort to respond to the oil spill in the Gulf Coast, there are ways that volunteers can help. The response to this spill will be a long-term effort, and as the situation evolves, the roles for volunteers are expected to change.”

Environmental Protection Agency response to the BP Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Idealist.org – Oil Spill in the Gulf – How You Can Help
“If you’re interested in and available to participate in the Gulf oil spill relief efforts, either in person or remotely online, here are a few places to learn more.”

International Bird Rescue Research Center
“A team of bird rescue specialists has been deployed along the Gulf Coast to help with an all-hands-on-deck effort to rescue seabirds caught in the uncontrolled oil leak.”

Tri-State Bird Rescue

National Wildlife Federation
Threat to wildlife: how you can help.

Center for Birds of Prey in Awendaw

Center for Birds of Prey Avian Medical Clinic and S.C. Oiled Birds Response Facility