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Photo Blog: Poultry CAFOs
Thursday, November 5, 2009
From
left to right: Choptank Riverkeeper, Drew
Koslow, Assateague
Coastkeeper, Kathy Phillips, and Waterkeeper
Emeritus, Rick Dove
Dove and
Waterkeeper Alliance Staff Attorney, Liane
Curtis, flew over the Chesepeake Bay in pursuit
of chicken
manure.
Dove,
Curtis, and Lighthawk pilot Tim Drager prepare
for the fly over.
© Rick Dove
2009
Aerial
shot of chicken manure that measures two
stories high. The uncovered
stockpiling of chicken manure is a common
farming practice on the
Eastern Shore. With every rain event, manure
run offs into ditches and
streams that lead to the Chesapeake Bay causing
devastating nutrient
pollution, as well as ecoli and fecal coliform
contamination.
Photo
of a poultry farm in close proximity to the
Chesapeake Bay.
Another
photo of the dying Chesapeake Bay.
Phillips
collects water samples.
© Rick Dove
2009
Read the
Wallstreet Journal Article about Dove and
Curtis's fly over:Chicken Litter: The Aerial Hunt for
Poultry Manure
Find
out more at about Chicken and other CAFO's at
The
Pure Farms, Pure Waters campaign at Waterkeeper.org.