Community And Wildlife Find No Refuge From Oil Contamination

According to the Coast Guard, the oil had spread across one and a half miles of shoreline, and two swans were covered in oil. The federal government is funding a clean-up effort of the area.
Trade-Winds, an environmental activist organization based in Long Island, was contracted by the Coast Guard to rid the area of oil. Officials in 
the organization did not offer any further comment, other than confirming they had been cleaning there for several days.
"The oil spill is damaging the Citys vital wetland that has taken a century to develop into a rich and diverse habitat," said an official from the Parks Dept. The official went on to say that the long-term erosion to the wetlands caused by the oil contamination can destroy any possibility of restoring the area.
Scientists from the Parks Dept. are trying to determine just how much damage has been done, and to prevent any more from happening.
According to the Park Dept., hundreds of mussels, mallards, swans, osprey and other species that call the refuge home are threatened with being covered in oil and their sources of food killed or covered in oil.