Oil spill in Michigan kills fish/birds

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piggy67

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So about three days ago we had a pipeline break a few miles up river from Battle Creek on the Kalamazooo river. This river holds alot of fish species including walleye,sturgen,LMB,SMB,Steelhead, huge catfish and salmon from the Great Lakes...Clean up effort has been dismal at best. The river was one of my favorite fisheries( one block behind my house)but now fish/birds are dieing very quickly. Huge oil slicks from Ceresco Dam(where the spill occured) is flowing down river and may reach Alegan dam very quickly, killing off miles upon miles of aquatic life/birds...There are also breeding pairs of Bald eagles on this river who are very much in danger from the oil coated dead fish they may consume...What a nightmare!!!

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As long as we have a thirst for oil and corporations put profits ahead of anything else it will continue to occur. It's a real shame, I feel for ya!
 

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I can't even imagine! What is going on with the world where we're currently trying to clean up THREE huge oil spills I have to think that we seriously pissed off Mother nature and she's finally letting us know we've pushed too hard! Having loss like this is terrible but to have it so close to home I can't even imagine. I'm so sorry.....
 

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The smell of oil comming from the river is enough to make you sick and the miles of cars from ppl who want to have a look/volunteer is crazy.
 

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How awful. :(
 

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I wonder why I haven't heard this news on NPR radio or Yahoo news.
 

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At least now you don't have to butter your fish.
 

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I wonder why I haven't heard this news on NPR radio or Yahoo news.
I heard it yesterday on Morning Edition.

I hope that this will get cleaned up quickly. It would be a shame for more pollution to end up in Lake Michigan. Then it will end up down my way too, near St. Joseph.
 

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The Kalamazoo river has been poluted for as long as i can remember from the old downtown factories dumping in the Battle Creek river which empties into the Kalamazoo but this is wayy too much.
 
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