• FWC officers use all-terrain vehicles to patrol Grayton Beach, looking for evidence of beached oil.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • FWC officers use all-terrain vehicles to patrol Grayton Beach, looking for evidence of beached oil.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • FWC officers use all-terrain vehicles to patrol Grayton Beach, looking for evidence of beached oil.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • From a helicopter, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute scientist Jacob Tustison charts areas where oil has been detected.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • From a helicopter, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute scientist Jacob Tustison charts areas where oil has been detected.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • Boom deployed on Cape San Blas.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • News media satellite trucks, Pensacola Beach.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • Emergency Operations Center command post - Henderson Beach.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • FWC Lt. Gary Tolbert at the Henderson Beach command post.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • FWC vessel Orion off the Escambia County coast. Lt. Rama Shuster at the helm. <br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • FWC vessel Orion off the Escambia County coast. Lt. Rama Shuster at the helm. <br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • FWC vessel Orion off the Escambia County coast. Officer John Bell gives interview.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • FWC staff aboard the Weatherbird II depart for a research trip to conduct pre-impact assessments. <br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • FWC Officer Drew Nelson looks for tar balls or other evidence of oil along Panama City Beach.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • FWC pilot Lt. Joe Johnston and emergency responder Robyn Gedeon (DEP) prepare for a mapping flight.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • Fisheries biologist Will Fletcher examines a sea life sample at the FWC's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, St. Petersburg. <br /><i>(Photo courtesy U.S. Coast Guard) </i>
  • (L-R) Dr. Joan Herrera, Anthony Chacour, Hillary Noble and Kris Netchy sort through and identify baseline samples of sea life at the FWC's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute lab.<br /><i>(Photo courtesy U.S. Coast Guard) </i>
  • FWC scientist Larame Ferry photographs offshore oil from National Guard C-23 aircraft. <br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • Cleaning oiled gannet at Tri-State Bird Rescue facility, Pensacola. <br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • FWC officer Randy Irwin retrieves an oily cloth near Pensacola Beach.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • FWC Vice Chairman Dick Corbett, DEP Secretary Mike Sole and FWC Chairman Rodney Barreto meet at Pensacola airport.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • FWC pilot George Waldech, Vice Chairman Dick Corbett and Commissioner Brian Yablonski prepare for helicopter surveillance flight.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • Commissioner Kathy Barco on helicopter flight over Pensacola Bay.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • FWC Commissioners hold an informal meeting at Pensacola Beach to discuss oil spill issues.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • FWC scientist Dave Palandro addresses Commissioners at Pensacola Beach meeting.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • State Representative Greg Evers, U.S. Small Business Administration representative Mark Randle, FWC Chairman Rodney Barreto and Commissioner Brian Yablonski at Pensacola Beach meeting. <br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • Gov. Crist helps release pied-billed grebes into Lake Talquin. The birds underwent rehabilitation by Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research after being rescued from oiled beaches on Perdido Key, Gulf Breeze and Miramar. <br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • Gov. Crist helps release pied-billed grebes into Lake Talquin. The birds underwent rehabilitation by Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research after being rescued from oiled beaches on Perdido Key, Gulf Breeze and Miramar. <br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • Gov. Crist helps release pied-billed grebes into Lake Talquin. The birds underwent rehabilitation by Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research after being rescued from oiled beaches on Perdido Key, Gulf Breeze and Miramar. <br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • On July 9, scientists and volunteers carefully removed eggs from sea turtle nests at St. Joseph Bay State Buffer and Aquatic Preserve, in Gulf County. The eggs were transported to a facility at Canaveral National Seashore on the Atlantic coast for incubation and release. Dozens of other nests in Northwest Florida will be relocated this way.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • On July 9, scientists and volunteers carefully removed eggs from sea turtle nests at St. Joseph Bay State Buffer and Aquatic Preserve, in Gulf County. The eggs were transported to a facility at Canaveral National Seashore on the Atlantic coast for incubation and release. Dozens of other nests in Northwest Florida will be relocated this way.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • On July 9, scientists and volunteers carefully removed eggs from sea turtle nests at St. Joseph Bay State Buffer and Aquatic Preserve, in Gulf County. The eggs were transported to a facility at Canaveral National Seashore on the Atlantic coast for incubation and release. Dozens of other nests in Northwest Florida will be relocated this way.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • Sea turtle eggs are carefully placed in special containers for relocation to the Atlantic coast.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>
  • FWC Executive Director Nick Wiley (left) and Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Tom Strickland carry custom containers with sea turtle eggs to FedEx trucks for delivery to Canaveral National Seashore in Brevard County.<br /><i>(FWC photo)</i>