Latest Mississippi River Delta News: June 23, 2014

A 1,000-pound BP tar mat found on Fort Pickens beach
By the Pensacola News Journal. June 23, 2014.
“A tar mat on a beach in the National Seashore’s Fort Pickens area is larger than first thought…” (read more)

Study finds oil from BP Deepwater Horizon spill slows swimming of mahi mahi fish, newspaper reports (+video)
By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune. June 20, 2014.
“Scientists at the University of Miami have found that juvenile mahi-mahi fish exposed as embryos…” (read more)

National Park team diving for BP oil
By Kimberly Blair, The Pensacola News Journal. June 21, 2014.
“Four years after currents carried waves of black, sticky crude from the April 20, 2010…” (read more)