USFS: OK to Boat, Fish on Reservoir
Although the cleanup in Chappel Fork and Indian Run streams is still underway, it's still safe to boat and fish in the Allegheny Reservoir.
US Forest Service spokeswoman Kathy Mohney says although a minimal amount of oil did reach the reservoir causing a slight sheen, the booms are containing the oil.
As for long-term affects the spill might have, Linda Devlin Executive Director of the Allegheny National Forest Vacation Bureau tells WESB and The HERO that because a full-scale assessment of the damage from the weekend's intentional oil spill hasn't been completed yet, they really don't know what affect the spill could have.
"We're at a stand still," she said Wednesday afternoon.
Dead trout, shiners, amphibians, reptiles and small beavers have been found along Chappel Fork and Indian Run.
US Forest Service spokeswoman Kathy Mohney says although a minimal amount of oil did reach the reservoir causing a slight sheen, the booms are containing the oil.
As for long-term affects the spill might have, Linda Devlin Executive Director of the Allegheny National Forest Vacation Bureau tells WESB and The HERO that because a full-scale assessment of the damage from the weekend's intentional oil spill hasn't been completed yet, they really don't know what affect the spill could have.
"We're at a stand still," she said Wednesday afternoon.
Dead trout, shiners, amphibians, reptiles and small beavers have been found along Chappel Fork and Indian Run.
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