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In the worst case scenario of a 25,000-barrel oil spill in the Straits –the same amount that spilled near the Kalamazoo River in 2010–up to 245 kilometers of shoreline could be affected. This map shows the probability that beached oil concentrations would exceed the threshold needed to trigger shoreline cleanup. Map courtesy University of Michigan Water Center

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