disaster on the Tuscarawas

James Carnahan Community Spotlight
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I am so PROUD of my husband, James Carnahan aka Opa Runs Founder of Riverkeepers Ohio!! 🎉

It has been over a year long journey since the day I watched him leave for his favorite fishing spot one July morning, to receiving a panic call and texts with pictures of an oil covered fishing line, black oily water and wildlife covered in oil. He discovered and reported a major oil spill in…

On 6 Sept, the Dover Chemical company in Dover was responsible for a toxic spill of a phenol based product into Sugar Creek (tributary to the Tuscarawas) resulting the immediate killing of fish.
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On 6 Sept, the Dover Chemical company in Dover was responsible for a toxic spill of a phenol based product into Sugar Creek (tributary to the Tuscarawas) resulting the immediate killing of fish.

There was no report to the public from them, local politicos, OEPA, ODNR or anyone for that mater. That is until George Wright ventured down to the creek on Sept 10th (4 days after the event) for some fishing only to find all the fish dead. He contacted the local fire department along with OEPA…

Exactly 1 year ago today
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Exactly 1 year ago today

Nobel Oil dumped 1000 gallons of used motor oil into the Tuscrawaras River when transferring from their tanker truck into a railcar at the P-C Sales transfer station in Barberton and the resulting #disasteronthetuscarawas polluted the environment for miles, killing countless wildlife and affecting many more. We monitored the cleanup for the next 11 weeks…