On Jul 6, 4:41*am, jeff wrote:
hope someone chimes in on this one. i'm sure i'm reading the same news
blurbs, but would be good to hear from someone who lives there.

... we have seen what happens with oil spilled in sal****er subject to
tides and current flows... i'll be interested in seeing what happens
with oil in a runoff freshwater flow. 1000 barrels dumped in the stream.
bug life and vegetation has to suffer...where will it finally settle?
how is it captured as it moves downstream?

there was a bad chemical spill in tennessee trophy waters years
ago...the river and bug life recovered faster than expected. i've never
fished those downstream areas of the yellowstone outside the park, but
have driven by a lot of the areas where the river can be seen from the
highway...it's an extraordinary river. *wish warren was still
around...he had been floating the yellowstone north of the park and
could give us a local's view...

jeff

On 7/5/2011 8:33 PM, Tom Littleton wrote:







Any details on this one, beyond the sort of superficial reports one has
found in Eastern papers and news sites?
Tom

Though a spill of 1000 barrels is not insignificant and is a tragedy
that will have measurable negative impacts, its not as bad as is
being portrayed by some.
Remember:
1. This occurred ~ 150 river miles downstream of the park.
2. The fishery is primarily carp, catfish, & other warm water species.
3. The Yellowstone is in full flood and flowing very swiftly, thus
much of the oil will be in the lower Missouri & the Mississippi and
widely dispersed very soon.
4 The amount of petroleum product that was released into the
Yellowstone-Missouri-Mississippi basin is probably less than enters
the system in one day following any significant rainstorm - runoff
from roads & parking lots, waste oil dumped on the ground or even into
storm drains, minor industrial spills, etc.