Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries technician Kerry Champaign's boots are covered in thick crude oil from the BP oil leak as he returns from rescuing distressed bird from Queen Bess Island off the coast of Grand Isle Louisiana, USA, 03 June 2009. The oil spill is the largest in U.S. history and continues as BP and government officials attempt to stop it. EPA/TANNEN MAURY
Oil clean crew members sits on the beach waiting for oil from the BP oil spill to come ashore at Grand Isle Louisiana, USA, 03 June 2009. The oil spill is the largest in U.S. history and continues as BP and government officials attempt to stop it. EPA/TANNEN MAURY
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries technician Kerry Champaigne pushes a small boat across an oil boom, beside Queen Bess Island as he searches for distressed birds from the BP oil spill off the coast of Grand Isle Louisiana, USA, 03 June 2009. The oil spill is the largest in U.S. history and continues as BP and government officials attempt to stop it. EPA/TANNEN MAURY
A Pelican soaked with oil from the BP oil spill is unable to fly and swims near Queen Bess Island off the coast of Grand Isle Louisiana, USA, 03 June 2009. The oil spill is the largest in U.S. history and continues as BP and government officials attempt to stop it. EPA/TANNEN MAURY
Shrimp boats sit idle, unable to go into the gulf because of fishing restrictions put in place because of the BP oil spill at Grand Isle Louisiana, USA, 03 June 2009. The oil spill is the largest in U.S. history and continues as BP and government officials attempt to stop it. EPA/TANNEN MAURY
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologists Mike Carlos (R) and Jarrod Galloway (L) rescue a laughing gull soaked in oil, from the BP oil spill, near Queen Bess Island, off the coast of Grand Isle Louisiana, USA, 03 June 2009. The oil spill is the largest in U.S. history and continues as BP and government officials attempt to stop it. EPA/TANNEN MAURY
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries technician Kerry Champaigne tries to paddle a small boat through thick oil beside Queen Bess Island as he rescues birds soaked with oil from the BP oil spill off the coast of Grand Isle Louisiana, USA, 03 June 2009. The oil spill is the largest in U.S. history and continues as BP and government officials attempt to stop it. EPA/TANNEN MAURY
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries technician Kerry Champaign struggle to kick off boots coated with thick crude oil from the BP oil spill after rescuing distressed bird near Queen Bess Island off the coast of Grand Isle Louisiana, USA, 03 June 2009. The oil spill is the largest in U.S. history and continues as BP and government officials attempt to stop it. EPA/TANNEN MAURY
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologist Mike Carloss rescues a laughing gull soaked in oil, from the BP oil spill, near Queen Bess Island, off the coast of Grand Isle Louisiana, USA, 03 June 2009. The oil spill is the largest in U.S. history and continues as BP and government officials attempt to stop it. EPA/TANNEN MAURY
A crew member helps delpoy boom out into the water so that it can protect the shoreline from the approaching oil spill in Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA, 03 June 2010. Experts predict that the sheen from the Gulf oil spill will make landfall any day now. EPA/DAN ANDERSON
Crews work to build up a barrier on the beach to protect the inland from approaching oil spill on Dauphin Island, Alabama USA on 3 June 2010. Experts predict that the sheen from the Gulf oil spill will make landfall any day now. EPA/DAN ANDERSON
Crews work to build up a barrier on the beach to protect the inland from approaching oil spill on Dauphin Island, Alabama USA on 3 June 2010. Experts predict that the sheen from the Gulf oil spill will make landfall any day now. EPA/DAN ANDERSON
Crews work to attach a boom to the back of a boat to help protect the shoreline from theapproaching oil spill in Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA, 03 June 2010. Experts predict that the sheen from the Gulf oil spill will make landfall any day now. EPA/DAN ANDERSON
Crews pull hundreds of feet of protective boom out to the coast to protect it from the approaching oil spill in Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA, 03 June 2010. Experts predict that the sheen from the Gulf oil spill will make landfall any day now. EPA/DAN ANDERSON
A live video feed from a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) shows crude oil as it escapes from the Deepwater Horizon BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico 03 June 2010. EPA/TANNEN MAURY
Crews work to build up a barrier on the beach to protect the inland from approaching oil spill on Dauphin Island, Alabama USA on 3 June 2010. Experts predict that the sheen from the Gulf oil spill will make landfall any day now. EPA/DAN ANDERSON
Crews work to build up a barrier on the beach to protect the inland from approaching oil spill on Dauphin Island, Alabama USA on 3 June 2010. Experts predict that the sheen from the Gulf oil spill will make landfall any day now. EPA/DAN ANDERSON
