On March 4, 1999, while responding to the New Carissa oil spill on the central Oregon coast, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) received a report of tar balls and oiled birds on Sunset Beach, Oregon. Upon investigating, USCG personnel found fresh tar balls and oiled birds along approximately 8 miles of beach. At the same time as the Oregon incident, oil began coming ashore at several locations along the Long Beach peninsula in southern Washington. The extent of the spill covered a total of 55 miles of coastline. Wildlife surveys were conducted on Oregon beaches through March 6th and on Washington beaches through March 10, 1999. Seabird carcasses were transported to the New Carissa morgue for identification and storage (it was initially suspected that the oil originated from the New Carissa). Chemical analysis of oil collected from this incident did not match New Carissa reference samples and the source of the oil was never identified. A total of 272 bird carcasses from 17 species were collected during the incident including 2 marbled murrelets listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. It is likely that additional birds were killed by the incident but were not recovered by search teams. The Trustees are currently conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment to determine the total number of birds killed by the incident and propose restoration projects that will compensate for these losses. A claim will be submitted to the USCG’s National Pollution Funds Center to pay for these restoration projects.