North Cape oil spill recovered in the weeks following the spill. US federal and Rhode Island state governments undertook considerable work to clean up the spill and restore lost fishery stocks and coastal marine habitat. The "North Cape" oil spill is considered a significant legal precedent in that it was the first major oil spill in the continental U.S. after the passage of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, resulting from the "Exxon Valdez" oil spill in Alaska on March 24, 1989. Of the many affected communities, one important habitat was the Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is nearly 800 acres in
Baldwin Harbor, New York Baldwin Harbor, New York Baldwin Harbor is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. It was created concomitant with the 1990 United States Census from the southernmost portions of the neighboring hamlet of Baldwin. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 8,102. Baldwin Harbor is located at (40.633923, -73.603779). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (28.24%) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 8,102 people, 2,687 households, and 2,185 families