Dunkard Creek Residents Try to Regroup after Fish Kill
Air date: Week of 09/30/2009
Story length: 4:24
Resident Jesse Graham shows where he discovered dead fish, salamanders and mussels after a toxic event on Dunkard Creek. Photo by Ben Adducchio of WV Public Broadcasting.
There's been a lot of speculation about what led to the fish kill at Dunkard Creek. But regardless of the cause, the death of the creek stunned the close-knit community living along one of the most biologically diverse streams in the region. As West Virginia Public Broadcasting's Ben Adducchio reports, the Dunkard Creek watershed has a rich history and is loved like family by the residents there.