PORT ARTHUR, Texas - A brown pelican that was recovered during oil spill response operations in Port Arthur is released Feb. 3, 2009, near the Old River Wildlife Management Area after the bird was cleaned and rehabilitated. 

Since the beginning of the response, Jan. 23, 2009, four birds have been released and two remain under care. 

Oiled wildlife recovered during an incident are given time to rest, then are washed, dried, warmed, fed and medicated as needed. 

Wildlife Response Services (www.wildliferesponse.net) is providing the rehabilitation for animals affected by the spill.

U.S. Coast Guard photo.

PORT ARTHUR, Texas - The Unified Command continues its clean-up efforts Monday. The efforts began Saturday after a collision between the tank ship Eagle Otome, an 807-foot Singapore flagged tank ship, and the towing vessel Dixie Vengeance and the two barges that it was pushing. The collision resulted in an estimated at 462,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into the Sabine Neches Waterway. 

For more photos of today's clean-up efforts, click on the photograph below. 

PORT ARTHUR, Texas - The Coast Guard and agency partners have formed a Unified Command in response to an oil spill in the Port of Port Arthur, Saturday.Vessel Traffic Service Port Arthur received notification at 9:30 a.m. reporting a collision between the towing vessel Dixie Vengeance and the two barges it was pushing, and the 807-foot tank ship Eagle Otome. As a result of the collision, the Eagle Otome sustained damage in the vicinity of the number one starboard tank, which was reported to be loaded with crude oil. The initial estimate of spilled oil is 450,000 gallons.The Sabine Neches Waterway is closed to all vessel traffic along the City of Port Arthur's river front from Intracoastal Waterway mile marker 276 to mile marker 289. The Coast Guard has established a perimeter around the vessels in the vicinity of the reported spill to ensure the safety of the vessels involved as well as the safety of the responders. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

PORT ARTHUR, Texas - The Coast Guard and agency partners have formed a Unified Command in response to an oil spill in the Port of Port Arthur, Saturday.Vessel Traffic Service Port Arthur received notification at 9:30 a.m. reporting a collision between the towing vessel Dixie Vengeance and the two barges it was pushing, and the 807-foot tank ship Eagle Otome. As a result of the collision, the Eagle Otome sustained damage in the vicinity of the number one starboard tank, which was reported to be loaded with crude oil. The initial estimate of spilled oil is 450,000 gallons.The Sabine Neches Waterway is closed to all vessel traffic along the City of Port Arthur's river front from Intracoastal Waterway mile marker 276 to mile marker 289. The Coast Guard has established a perimeter around the vessels in the vicinity of the reported spill to ensure the safety of the vessels involved as well as the safety of the responders. U.S. Coast Guard photo.