![Pelicans, spoonbills, and herons nest on Cat Island, where oil washed ashore in May 2010. The spill sped the land’s ongoing erosion; today it’s underwater. Daniel Beltrá](https://media.audubon.org/2022-04/web_beltra_20100523_oil_spill_1394.jpg?width=233&height=200&auto=webp&quality=10&fit=crop&disable=upscale&enable=upscale&blur=100)
Ten Years Later: Reflections on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
April 13, 2020 —
Audubon magazine asked four writers to contemplate what has and hasn't changed in the aftermath of the Gulf catastrophe.