"Goal" Herbicide  Spill Photos
08/23/00

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View of 15 Mile Creek from RR tracks next to I-84, people are taking water samples, the milky looking material in the creek is the herbicide.
Taken by: Dale Davis, Ecology 
Date: 8/23/00		 Shows typical view of creek bottom in quiet areas with dead fish, mostly juvenile pacific lamprey.
Taken by: Dale Davis, Ecology 
Date: 8/23/00

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Shows main pool just below accident site and just before it goes into the river. Most of the spilled herbicide had moved through the creek and into the river the day before.
Taken by: Dale Davis, Ecology 
Date: 8/23/00		 Shows one of the cardboard packages in the creek that held the containers of the herbicide. "Goal" is the common name for oxyfluorfen. Photo also shows a dead fish (a sucker) next to the package.
Taken by: Dale Davis, Ecology 
Date: 8/23/00