Environment

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Shore bird conservationists Pete Deichmann, left, and Kristen Vale look for birds with oil on them at the Bolivar Flats Bird Sanctuary, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Bolivar, Texas. Environmental groups are trying to protect tens of thousands of wintering birds who make their home along the bay at this time of year. Up to 170,000 gallons of tar-like oil spilled into the major U.S. shipping channel after a barge ran into a ship Saturday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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A tern picks at possible food at the Bolivar Flats Bird Sanctuary Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Bolivar, Texas. Environmental groups are concerned about shore birds eating oil covered food along the beaches. Up to 170,000 gallons of tar-like oil spilled into the major U.S. shipping channel after a barge ran into a ship Saturday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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Lisa Pittman, left, and Danene Birtell clean oil off a lesser scaup, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Baytown, Texas. Environmental groups are trying to protect tens of thousands of wintering birds who make their home along the bay at this time of year. Up to 170,000 gallons of tar-like oil spilled into the major U.S. shipping channel after a barge ran into a ship Saturday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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An oil covered lesser scaup is examined for damage at a rescue site, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Baytown, Texas. Environmental groups are trying to protect tens of thousands of wintering birds who make their home along the bay at this time of year. Up to 170,000 gallons of tar-like oil spilled into the major U.S. shipping channel after a barge ran into a ship Saturday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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A lesser scaup has his beak cleaned at a wildlife rescue site, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Baytown, Texas. Environmental groups are trying to protect tens of thousands of wintering birds who make their home along the bay at this time of year. Up to 170,000 gallons of tar-like oil spilled into the major U.S. shipping channel after a barge ran into a ship Saturday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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A lesser scaup is held for cleaning at a wildlife rescue site, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Baytown, Texas. Environmental groups are trying to protect tens of thousands of wintering birds who make their home along the bay at this time of year. Up to 170,000 gallons of tar-like oil spilled into the major U.S. shipping channel after a barge ran into a ship Saturday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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Searchers in boats and on foot look through debris following a deadly mudslide Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Oso, Wash. At least 14 people were killed in the 1-square-mile slide that hit in a rural area about 55 miles northeast of Seattle on Saturday. Several people also were critically injured, and homes were destroyed. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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A searcher steps off of his boat to look through debris following a deadly mudslide, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Oso, Wash. At least 14 people were killed in the 1-square-mile slide that hit in a rural area about 55 miles northeast of Seattle on Saturday. Several people also were critically injured, and homes were destroyed. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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A flag, put up by volunteers helping search the area, stands in the ruins of a home left at the end of a deadly mudslide from the now-barren hillside seen about a mile behind, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Oso, Wash. At least 14 people were killed in the 1-square-mile slide that hit in a rural area about 55 miles northeast of Seattle on Saturday. Several people also were critically injured, and homes were destroyed. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Workers walk through mud as heavy equipment operators work to clear debris Tuesday, March 25, 2014, from Washington Highway 530 on the western edge of the massive mudslide that struck the area Saturday, killing at least 14 people and leaving dozens missing. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool)

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A pickup truck flying a flag drives past a sign thanking emergency workers Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Darrington, Wash. At least 14 people were killed in a 1-square-mile slide that hit in a rural area about 55 miles northeast of Seattle on Saturday. Several people also were critically injured, and homes were destroyed. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Search dog Stratus walks across a beam on a destroyed building following a deadly mudslide, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Oso, Wash. At least 14 people were killed in the 1-square-mile slide that hit in a rural area about 55 miles northeast of Seattle on Saturday. Several people also were critically injured, and homes were destroyed. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Volunteer Maria Anderson, from Taos, N.M., releases a bag full of young trout into the Red River, just above the river’s confluence with the Rio Grande in the Rio Grande Gorge near Taos, N.M., Monday, March 25, 2014. Once native to the area, the state's department of game and fish began restocking the Rio Grande cutthroat trout, the New Mexico state fish, in the river in 2008. (AP Photo/Jeremy Wade Shockley)

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Red River Valley Charter School teacher Divia Jarrett, left, assists her fifth and sixth grade students, Samantha Henderson, center, and AJ Rael as they load bags of fish into their backpacks at a Rio Grande Gorge trailhead near Taos, N.M., Monday, March 24, 2014. Anglers, schoolchildren and cutthroat trout enthusiast from a variety of organizations helped carry Rio Grande cutthroat trout fingerlings down to the river, accessible only by foot, in an effort to restock the Rio Grande and Red Rivers with the state fish of New Mexico. (AP Photo/Jeremy Wade Shockley)