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Workers release a brown pelican at the Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge near St. Petersburg, Fla., May 30, 2010, as part of efforts by the military, federal agencies, individuals and BP to clean up oil following the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil spill.

PELICAN RELEASE

Workers release a brown pelican at the Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge near St. Petersburg, Fla., May 30, 2010, as part of efforts by the military, federal agencies, individuals and BP to clean up oil following the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil spill.

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