despite that, the spills affecting the wildlife in the region is still being felt. lisa sylvester is monitoring the growing number of sea turtles now being found. what is going on here, lisa? >> well, wolf, a total of 517 turtles have been found dead in louisiana, alabama, florida and mississippi, since the april 20th been spill. another 503 oil turtles have been rescued alive and rescue crews have been going out daily trying to save as many turtles as possible. the oil has stopped gushing, but parts of the gulf habitat are not safe for many sea turtles. scientists collect turtles affected by the gulf oil spill and the numbers are increasing. >> some of them are requiring more than one cleaning to get the oil off. >> reporter: and according to the deepwater horizon report, 236 visibly oiled turtles were