Electroshocking for fish at the Kingston Coal-Ash Spill Site
Editor’s Note: Expedition Blue Planet , led by Jacques Cousteau’s granddaughter Alexandra Cousteau, is traveling 14,500 miles of road over 138 days to investigate and film some of North America’s most pressing water-use and management stories. Each week expedition members will file a dispatch from the field for Scientific American until the expedition concludes on November 12 in Washington, D.C. This is their third blog post.
It’s Wednesday and we’re at Ladd Landing just outside the town of Kingston, Tenn., packing our boats for a trip upstream to ground zero of the 2008 spill that dumped over a billion gallons of coal-ash into the unwitting Emory River. We’ve packed up our camera equipment, sound gear and apprehension for the ride. [More]
Jacques Cousteau – United States – Alexandra Cousteau – Emory River – Washington D.C.
