State officials and environmentalists are worried about the potential long term effects of the oil spill on the wildlife. Compared to the other oil spills disaster, this one wasn’t as bad because the most heavily impacted area is a relatively narrow 30 mile stretch.
The Yellowstone National Park isn’t affected by the oil spill, but the 30 mile stretch that was polluted by the oil spill is affected. The 30 mile stretch includes a bird watching haven. However, the good thing about the Yellowstone River is that it flows at 30,000 cubic feet per second, which is 220,000 gallons a second. Fast water doesn’t allow the oil to settle in the middle of the river, therefore, pushing it through faster. Yet, this still causes a problem. If the oil can’t …show more content…
The pipeline not only crosses land in the Great Plains, but it also crosses lands in other states like Nebraska. In Nebraska, the pipeline passes through an important migratory habitat for birds, the Rainwater Basin. The pipeline physically being there is not the problem, but it is the operation and the construction of the pipeline that creates a lot of noise pollution to the birds. The kinds of sounds, duration and time of the sounds could heavily impact the birds are used to living (Valentine, 2013). Besides noise pollution, there’s also a possibility that there could be an oil spill like the one at the Yellowstone River. A bird’s feathers is waterproof and it keeps their sensitive skin to be exposed to extreme temperatures. If there was an oil spill and a bird’s feather got oil onto their feathers, it will stick and cause them to mat and separate. Exposing the animal’s skin can cause them to contract hypothermia or hypothermia. Or the bird would try to get the oil off their feathers by preening, cleaning its feathers with its beak, which will cause them to ingest oil and causing severe damage to internal organs (International Bird
The Yellowstone National Park isn’t affected by the oil spill, but the 30 mile stretch that was polluted by the oil spill is affected. The 30 mile stretch includes a bird watching haven. However, the good thing about the Yellowstone River is that it flows at 30,000 cubic feet per second, which is 220,000 gallons a second. Fast water doesn’t allow the oil to settle in the middle of the river, therefore, pushing it through faster. Yet, this still causes a problem. If the oil can’t …show more content…
The pipeline not only crosses land in the Great Plains, but it also crosses lands in other states like Nebraska. In Nebraska, the pipeline passes through an important migratory habitat for birds, the Rainwater Basin. The pipeline physically being there is not the problem, but it is the operation and the construction of the pipeline that creates a lot of noise pollution to the birds. The kinds of sounds, duration and time of the sounds could heavily impact the birds are used to living (Valentine, 2013). Besides noise pollution, there’s also a possibility that there could be an oil spill like the one at the Yellowstone River. A bird’s feathers is waterproof and it keeps their sensitive skin to be exposed to extreme temperatures. If there was an oil spill and a bird’s feather got oil onto their feathers, it will stick and cause them to mat and separate. Exposing the animal’s skin can cause them to contract hypothermia or hypothermia. Or the bird would try to get the oil off their feathers by preening, cleaning its feathers with its beak, which will cause them to ingest oil and causing severe damage to internal organs (International Bird