A couple of years ago, at the same time as the Gulf Oil Spill, there was
a much smaller oil spill in Talmadge Creek in SW Michigan. Much smaller
= 800,000 to 1,000,000 gallons of oil. Talmadge Creek is much much
smaller than the Gulf of Mexico - you could practically spit across it,
if you are a good spitter. The oil flowed from the creek into the
Kalamazoo River and befouled a whole lot of it.
The Kalamazoo River was finally reopened this summer. A commemorative
poster has been put together and is being sold as a fund raiser for the
not-for-profits involved in the oil cleanup. I donated use of one my
photos for the poster - the same one that runs across the top of my
blog. Chuck Lund, another local nature photographer (and acquaintance
that I used to run into at art fairs) took the smaller insert photos.
You can see it here -
http://www.truewindmedia.com/
And read about the disaster here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmadge_Creek
- Mark
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