Oil globs had washed ashore on Dauphin Island by June 2010, nearly six weeks after the Gulf oil leak began, according to WKRG.
An LSU associate professor studying the material described it as melting in the sun and coating grass, wood and shells. The report also covered ongoing efforts to contain the offshore leak.
This is a historical summary of 2010 oil-spill reporting, not a current beach-condition report.