Updates, updates, updates! This was the heading of multiple recent emails received by the many who make our education programs happen. That’s right-after almost two years of no school field trips at all, Los Angeles Audubon is back at it, sharing nature with residents of all ages that call Los Angeles home.
Huntington Beach Oil Spill – Pipeline Breach of October 2, 2021
Recently, my hometown of Huntington Beach has been much in the news, and not for a happy reason. For the past 10 days, the media has been saturated with coverage of an oil spill that originated there on October 2nd, 2021. Between 125,000 and 144,000 gallons (the exact estimated number varies) spewed from a ruptured pipeline, and as I write this the oil slick continues a relentless path southward. Currently, oil from the spill has been sighted as far south as Carlsbad, in San Diego County. Hopefully by the time you read this article the disaster will no longer be front page news, as that would mean clean-up has been completed. Sadly, “completed” only means that visible oil has been gathered and hauled away from the waters and beaches. It is an inevitable fact that some oil will remain entwined with the delicate and unique ecosystems along our coast, and it is quite possible the magnitude of the damage will never be properly inventoried.