It is one of seven barrier islands that, along with some mainland areas of Mississippi and Florida, make up the Gulf Islands National Seashore.

它是在密西西比和佛罗里达的一些大陆地区沿岸，组成海湾群岛国家海滨的七座屏障岛屿中的一座。

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Many Vancouverites head south to Vancouver Island or one of the Gulf Islands, reachable by ferry.

而许多温哥华人会选择南行到温哥华岛或高尔夫群岛之一。当然，你得经历一段渡船才能到达那里。

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The Gulf Islands comprise about a dozen large islands and hundreds of smaller islets which dot the inland Strait of Georgia south of Vancouver.

高尔夫群岛由十多个大岛屿和上百个小岛组成，坐落于温哥华南部乔治亚海峡的内陆。

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"We are at 100 percent of our planning level in terms of protection of Gulf islands,national seashore, to protect predominantly the wetlands and estuaries and sea grass beds that are on the backside of the islands."

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Several miles off the Eastern Louisiana coast these barrier islands are all that stand between treasured wetland habitats and the giant oil slick adrift in the Gulf of Mexico.

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They include the Chandeleur Islands and Gulf Islands National Seashore areas in Louisiana and Mississippi, along with the Active Delta area in Louisiana, which includes Delta Island National Wildlife Refuge and the Pass-a-Loutre Wildlife Management Area.

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President Obama announced Thursday that the federal government was approving a small part of a plan by state and local officials in Louisiana to spray sand on gulf barrier islands to build them up as a defense against incoming oil.

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projected that winds will continue through Saturday to push oil on the surface of the Gulf toward barrier islands along the Mississippi and Alabama coasts.

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