New Bern North Carolina Fish Kill Information and Updates
A picture is worth a thousand words!
I need your help.
As the Lower Neuse RIVERKEEPER, I have been on the Trent and Neuse Rivers on a daily basis during the recent fish kills. It has been painful to watch the fish die. I have asked local and state water quality and health officials to tell us what is killing the fish. I have also repeatedly asked officials to tell us whether it is safe to use the rivers while fish are dying and decaying. An additional concern was the tens of thousands of seagulls that were defecating as they fed from the kill. I repeatedly asked these agencies to answer one important question: Is it safe to use river water? There has been no response.
Day after day, I watched little children wade into the water and, in some cases, play with the dead fish. I have come to realize that the only way my question would be answered is for me to establish a credible monitoring program and report the results directly to you.This multiple-year project will be called the "Neuse/Trent Safe Water Initiative" as part of our continuing RiverWatch program.
To do this, I need your help. Please consider giving a donation to the Neuse RIVERKEEPER Foundation for the specific purpose of purchasing water sampling equipment and paying the lab fees for analysis of water samples that are collected from the Neuse waterways. I am not asking you to pay my salary. I am not asking you to pay administrative expenses for the Neuse RIVERKEEPER Foundation.
In return for your support, I will conduct this monitoring in a way which obtains credible information about the safety of the water and will report the results to you. I will also post the information on our website for you to check regularly.
To donate to the "Neuse/Trent Safe Water Initiative", mail your donation to the Neuse RIVERKEEPER Foundation, 1307 Country Club Rd, New Bern, NC, 28562, or donate online at www.neuseriver.org and click on the "Donate" button on the home page.
Thank you for your support.
Larry Baldwin Lower Neuse RIVERKEEPER Neuse RIVERKEEPER Foundation
For pictures of the recent Fish Kills in New Bern, North Carolina (August/September/October 2009), please visit www.riverlaw.us/fishkills.html
Note: This link will take you to an external site created and updated by Rick Dove.
