North Dakota Fish Kill, Oily Film on Reservoir
Posted in signs of the times, un-natural disaster on July 9th, 2010 by Elija – Be the first to comment
COLUMBUS, ND – Normally the Fourth of July weekend at Short Creek Dam is a joyous and festive occassion. It wasn’t this year.
When local Columbus Sportsmen’s Club member Shannon Burau went to Short Creek last Friday morning to mow the campground in preparation for the big weekend, he discovered what he described as a sickening scene.
“It just made me ill. The whole shoreline was pretty much solid with dead fish and it was stinking like a lagoon,” said Burau. “It was just a disaster, a disaster. I’ve never seen anything like it.”
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