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Nov 12, 2007 4:28 pm US/Pacific

East Bay Volunteers Get Oil Spill Cleanup Training

BERKELEY (CBS 5 / BCN) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: An oil-covered bird takes refuge on shore at Fort Baker near Sausalito.
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A group of East Bay residents' intent on helping clean areas affected by Wednesday's oil spill in the San Francisco Bay spent Monday morning getting trained on how to work with the hazardous residue, according to the Berkeley City Manager's office.

A state Department of Fish and Game representative worked with about 80 volunteers, Berkeley and Albany residents as well as East Bay Regional Park District staff, who will work this week cleaning parts of the East Bay shoreline, the city manager's office reported.

Staff with the City of Berkeley will assess the further work that needs to be done on Tuesday morning.

City Manager Phil Kamlarz thanked residents for volunteering over the weekend with cleanup efforts.

"There was an amazing outpouring of volunteer energy this weekend," Kamlarz said. "People feel very strongly about the wildlife and the shoreline."

"The bunker fuel is so dangerous," Kamlarz said, "and we had to make sure people got proper training before trying to get the shore cleaned up."

Kamlarz added that Berkeley has been the center of bird rescue and collection efforts. Injured animals were taken to the city's Nature Center and stabilized there before being taken to the International Bird Rescue and Research Center in Cordelia for continued treatment.

As the cleanup and wildlife rescue efforts continue, the Oiled Wildlife Care Network at the University of California, Davis
released new numbers Monday about the numbers of birds affected by the spill.

As of Monday afternoon, a total of 372 dead birds had been recovered, according to the OWCN.

A total of 545 live birds have been received at the Cordelia center, 126 of which had been washed of oil. Another 34 of the birds had died or were euthanized, the OWCN reported.