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Coastal Tributaries South |
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Tour: Moat Creek ATT Drilling Mud Spill 1992 (Upper and Lee/Bugs) |
Click on image to enlarge (84K).This photo shows upper Moat Creek above the drilling mud spill in late July 1992. Click on InfoLinks to find out more about the spill and its effects. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Click on image to enlarge (143K).Close up of a pool in upper Moat Creek just above the spill. Click on InfoLinks to find out more about the spill and its effects. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Click on image to enlarge (24K). Click here to display a larger version (173K).Craig Bell holds up hand full of drilling mud from a pool just downstream of the drilling mud spill in upper Moat Creek. Click on InfoLinks to find out more about the spill and its effects. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Click on image to enlarge (139K).This photo shows a source of the drilling mud spill at the center of the upper part of the photo. Note the mud covering the bottom. Click on InfoLinks to find out more about the spill and its effects. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Click on image to enlarge (128K).John Lee gets ready to use the kick net in his right hand to sample aquatic insects above the ATT spill. Click on InfoLinks to find out more about the spill and its effects. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Click on image to enlarge (143K).John Lee examines portion of the Moat Creek channel inundated by drilling mud. Because the channel was completely filled with mud below the spill in lower reaches, comparison of bugs below and above the spill could not be made. Click on InfoLinks to find out more about the spill and its effects. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Click on image to enlarge (87K).This photo shows the fibre optic cable casing which was what the crews were trying to drill passage for. Click on InfoLinks to find out more about the spill and its effects. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Click on image to enlarge (35K). Click here to display a larger version (180K).This photo was taken along the ridge above upper Moat Creek where the drilling crew was staged when the drilling mud spill occurred in Moat Creek. The hose along the ground is related to clean up but the sections of pipe at right are actually fibre optic cable casings. Some of the equipment for drilling can be seen above. Photo by Pat Higgins.
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