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Pelicans DNA Study On Sundown Island Draws Biologists
Wildlife biologists and Audubon officials visited Sundown Island near the Matagorda Ship Channel to collect blood samples from dozens of young pelicans for a DNA mapping project. Warden Chester Smith, 89, oversees the island and plans for potential Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacts as a precaution.
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Audubon Society
Sundown Island
Matagorda Ship Channel
Baytown
Chester Smith
Port O’connor
Smith
Sundown
Louisiana University
Gulf
British Petroleum
Iliana Pena
Frank Nebenburgh
Scott Walter
University of Louisiana At Lafayette