BP/Gulf Oil Gusher State and Federal Biologists Closely Monitoring Oiled Birds on Raccoon Island by Gary Kopycinski on July 16, 2010 Gary Kopycinski Author More in BP/Gulf Oil Gusher: Statement of Chris Canfield One Year After Deepwater Horizon Explosion April 20, 2011 Groups Tell Congress: Get Together and Get Gulf Restoration Done April 20, 2011 BP’s Criminal Negligence Exposed April 20, 2011 LOUISIANA–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2010. Raccoon Island, off the coast of Terrebonne Parish in Louisiana, is being closely monitored for the impact of oil on wildlife that inhabits the land mass that is part of the Isle Dernieres Barrier Island Refuge.