Dear Golden Gate Audubon members and volunteers:

After the devastating oil spill yesterday, Golden Gate Audubon is
interested in helping to put volunteer energy into aiding oiled birds.
We
are looking for leaders to take volunteers to areas and document any
oiled
birds or mammals and report this information to the Oiled Wildlife Care
Network.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should people touch or approach an oiled animal
unless they have HAZWOPER training and are properly equipped. If you
see
someone doing this, please remind them that this is highly toxic
material
(the oil is not motor oil but fuel oil).

Calls from the general public wanting to volunteer outnumbered oiled
bird
reports yesterday by about five to one. Volunteer opportunities for
untrained members of the public are very limited currently but here's a
critical need: please make a special effort to look for oiled birds in
places where the general public doesn't go. Don't approach or touch the
birds, but call the Oiled Wildlife Care Network at (877) 823-6926 and
provide information on the attached form. The faster they can get these
birds stabilized and washed, the higher their chances of recovery and
survival.

Golden Gate Audubon is looking for people to lead small groups of
volunteers to monitor and report any oiled birds to the OWCN. Things we
need our volunteer leaders to do:

- Identify the species and location of birds along San Francisco Bay
(form
provided)

- Use binoculars and spotting scope if you have one

- Use their own cell phone or home phone to report birds to the Oiled
Wildlife Care Network

- If you have GPS, please use it to help pinpoint the location of birds

- Photograph birds or marine mammals if possible and save to associate
with data sheets



San Francisco locations where leaders are needed:

- Ocean Beach from Lincoln/Golden Gate Park South

- Ocean Beach from Lincoln/Golden Gate Park North to China Beach

- Baker Beach to Golden Gate Bridge

- Fort Point to Golden Gate Yacht Club

- Marina to Pier 39

- Pier 43 to Ferry Building

- Ferry Building to Mission Creek

- Mission Creek along Southern Waterfront (Agua Vista, Pier 94, Herons
Head, India Basin, Warm Water Cove)

- Lake Merced



East Bay locations where volunteers are needed:

- Point Pinole south to the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge

- Richmond-San Rafael Bridge/Miller-Knox shoreline south to Golden Gate
Fields

- Golden Gate Fields south to Emeryville Crescent

- Emeryville Crescent south to Oakland Naval Supply Center/7th Street
in
Oakland

- North side of Alameda and Lake Merritt

- South side of Alameda

- MLK Shoreline/Shoreline Park/Bay Farm Island/Oakland Airport

- Interior reservoirs: San Pablo, Briones, Lafayette



If you are willing to be an area leader or volunteer in San Francisco,
please Noreen Weeden or Eddie Bartley at (415) 355-0450 or
Noreen@naturetrip.com or Eddie@naturetrip.com. If you want to be an
area
leader or volunteer in the East Bay, please contact Michael Martin at
(510) 919-5873 or mmartin@goldengateaudubon.org.



If you cannot participate, but want more information, please see the
contact numbers below or the attached sheet, or check for updates at
www.goldengateaudubon.org.



Michael



To report oiled wildlife, call the Oiled Wildlife Care Network at (877)
823-6926.

Wildcare in San Rafael is part of the OWCN:
www.wildcarebayarea.org
or (415) 456-SAVE.



The Marine Mammal Center is also part of the network:
www.marinemammalcenter.org or (415) 289-SEAL


To volunteer with OWCN, call (800) 228-4544.



To report an oil spill, call (800) OILS-911.



Report the extent of oiled habitats to Natalie Cosentino-Manning at
NOAA
by calling (707) 206-1642 or emailing Natalie.c-manning@noaa.gov.



To help track the movement of the spill, call (888) 850-8486.



Michael C. Martin

Development Manager

Golden Gate Audubon Society

2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite G

Berkeley, California 94702

Phone: 510.843.7295

Mobile: 510.919.5873

FAX: 510.843.5351

Email: mmartin@goldengateaudubon.org

Web: www.goldengateaudubon.org