Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Team (SCAT)

He said Pilot Rock residents have complained to him about the local turkey population, which has fattened up like a bird for Thanksgiving dinner over the last few years. Residents estimated there are more than 60 turkeys around the town most of each day. "I think the biggest problem is turkey scat on cars, roofs and decks," ...

“The SCAT results were worrisome but not surprising,” Mr. Samiama said. “They confirmed that the degree of oil contamination in the Bodo Creek was high. This, however, did not warrant immediate emergency measures – the extent of the pollution was known, people were already aware they had to stay ...

James Smith Cree Nation, impacted wildlife, crayfish, Husky Energy, Husky oil spill A tar-covered ... "A corrective action plan is in development, including a new 2017 Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment (SCAT) program," said Darby Semeniuk, manager of communication services for the ministry. "This will ...

The National Oil Spill Response Research & Renewable Energy Test Facility is the premier training site for spill response personnel. ... an overview of Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Technique (SCAT), National Incident Management System (NIMS), contingency planning, and a review of the behavior ...

“This is especially valid for areas that are remote or pose a safety risk to a SCAT team or where assessment may cause further damage to the ... told delegates that introducing a UAV capability to the NSF inventory could dramatically improve oil spill response operations in remote areas, such as the Arctic.

Map of Northeastern Barataria Bay, Louisiana, showing shores oiled by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill during May to July 2010. The severity of oiling is indicated by the colors. The information is derived from a 2014 NOAA Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Techniques (SCAT) map. Credit: ...

After weeks of feeling abandoned by Husky Energy in the wake of a massive oil spill, the James Smith Cree Nation of central Saskatchewan has ... the scent of Husky's oil recently confirmed the connection as part of a Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique (SCAT) survey of James Smith's territory.

"The impacts from the oil spill seem to be very much diminished, dramatically diminished. ... "They live inside the marsh grass, and they eat all kinds of insects and they eat bird scat (droppings) and they eat lots of dead things, and they're really great indicators of what's going on in the marsh," she said.

SCAT is a critical response component to an oil spill, but is highly subjective, qualitative and labor intensive. Applying remote sensing techniques to beach tar mapping in support of oil spill response is a breakthrough that promises to transform shoreline cleanup and assessment techniques by providing ...

The team was one of six assessing marshes and beaches, using a method called Shoreline Clean-Up Assessment Technique, or SCAT. .... Its origins dated back to the first major industrial oil spill at sea: the collision of a tanker called the Torrey Canyon against Pollard Rock, off the coast of England, in 1967 ...