jude Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 The Rock River Times is a weekly paper in Rockford that I pick up every Wednesday. I was surprised to see an article on the front page about Kilbuck Creek's pollution issue. Then I was even more surprised to see that it was a guest column by Terry Dodge. Nice job Terry! Here's a link to the online version: http://rockrivertimes.com/2011/10/19/guest-column-kilbuck-creek-used-to-run-clear-%e2%80%94-not-chocolate-brown-or-bluish-gray/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev-mo Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Great article and great job Terry!! Hopefully the more public this becomes the more pressure is put on them to literally clean up their act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Nice read. When people see such a difference in the water it is a not a mistake. I hope you can spread the news quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Clifford Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 GREAT JOB, TERRY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rich mc Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 well done terry! i cant wait for next weeks article rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kast Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Nicely done, Terry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark O'Donnell Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Fine work Terry, There are many who believe we need less government regulation in ours lives. This certaintly shows that in this case (or anything environmental)we need more! (or perhaps we just need the laws on the books enforced)! Mark F. O'Donnell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don R Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Great job Terry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alank Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 hats off to you Terry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dodge Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Thanks! But know this..... I didn't actually write the article. The editor put it all together from a 2 hour conversation we had on the phone on Tuesday and put my name to it. I was kind of worried that some of you might be upset from me mentioning that I was with the ISA. I didn't take this step to get people mad at me. I tried the Rockford paper and got no-where and I called all the local TV stations and got no-where. Frank at the Rock River Times jumped right on it with enthusiasm. I have been in touch with the IEPA over the last couple of weeks but that seems to be running into a long stretched out not really getting anything done dead-end alleyway. They say it's going to take some time. I feel Kilbuck don't have time. This has gone on too long. I hope Nancy at the IEPA don't get up set with me. I do appreciate what she has done and what she is doing, it's just taking too long. What am I suppose to do....forget about it until spring of 2012? I think not! I'll keep you all updated on what's going on. Right now all I can say is that I'm still alive. Some locals don't seem to think that I will be for very much longer. We'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don R Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Kinda reminds me of 'The Fox'. Perhaps we should remove the 'Swami' nick-name and replace it with 'Kilbuck'. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Hail to the chief! If cleaning up the Kilbuck does not deserve having ISA associated with it, nothing does. I think your ghost writer got the facts and history straight and pushed the topic out to a larger audience which is what was needed. Now it comes down to this, you can continue to send your wife out for beer. If you go out by yourself, you are in no danger. But so many people will want to buy you a beer, that you may never get home the same day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy C Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Awesome job Terry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronk Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 My biggest anger isn't with businesses that pollute.They are after all in the business of doing business which is to fulfill their mandate of maximizing profits in a capitalistic profit driven system.The greatest anger should be directed at our elected officials & the bureaucrats(ex dept. of agriculture in the case of factory farms)who (often synically)jump into bed with the polluters in the face of environmental laws citing specious economic benefits.There's a lot to be said for the current movement to hold corporations & their bedfellows accountable especially those who seek to weaken/repeal those irksome laws.Give 'em hell Harry(Terry). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asherman Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Terry, thanks for your dogged pursuit of this issue. I used to fish Kilbuck creek and it has been shocking to see what has happened to it. Keep fighting the good fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dodge Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 A hint of Kilbuck to enjoy........ ( at about 1:30 into the video begins the section being attacked from251 including the Johnson mill) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgoodmanii Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Fine work Terry, There are many who believe we need less government regulation in ours lives. This certaintly shows that in this case (or anything environmental)we need more! (or perhaps we just need the laws on the books enforced)! Mark F. O'Donnell Less Please! You might regret those words when your freedoms are reduced. I'm all for more regualtions to protect the environment from pollution, but making a broad statement like "we need more" government regulation in our lives is foolishness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Trybul Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Nice job Terry. The company I work for does business with the company that manages the landfill. I was there the other day and I got a little of the inside scoup. If you look at the map on the article you can see 2 quarries, the landfill quarry on the right of the Kilbuck and there is a clay pit on the left with a bridgless road crossing the Kilbuck. Over the past year or so they have been excavating the clay out of the clay pit to make a future landfill. To get closer access to the highway they have been trucking the clay via the river crossing. Basically everytime a truck crosses the Kilbuck the clay gets washed off of the tread of the tires and the river bottom is stirred up. I know farmers do these river crossings to access fields as well. This was going on with dozens of trucks per day for awhile. They claim there was no dumping or draining into the river. Since the recent public outcry (that's where you and your article comes in Terry) they have redirected the truck traffic to edson road by the hunt club. It's a little more distance to haul but they want to do what's right for the environment. So Terry your words have been heard and rerouting the trucks may be the solution to the problem. Hopefull the clay residue will wash out with the early spring rains and we can look forward to a sucessful smallmouth spawn in the spring of 2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy C Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Nice job Terry. The company I work for does business with the company that manages the landfill. I was there the other day and I got a little of the inside scoup. If you look at the map on the article you can see 2 quarries, the landfill quarry on the right of the Kilbuck and there is a clay pit on the left with a bridgless road crossing the Kilbuck. Over the past year or so they have been excavating the clay out of the clay pit to make a future landfill. To get closer access to the highway they have been trucking the clay via the river crossing. Basically everytime a truck crosses the Kilbuck the clay gets washed off of the tread of the tires and the river bottom is stirred up. I know farmers do these river crossings to access fields as well. This was going on with dozens of trucks per day for awhile. They claim there was no dumping or draining into the river. Since the recent public outcry (that's where you and your article comes in Terry) they have redirected the truck traffic to edson road by the hunt club. It's a little more distance to haul but they want to do what's right for the environment. So Terry your words have been heard and rerouting the trucks may be the solution to the problem. Hopefull the clay residue will wash out with the early spring rains and we can look forward to a sucessful smallmouth spawn in the spring of 2012. If they wanted to do what is right by the environment, they wouldn't have been crossing the creek in the first place. They just want to avoid any further public outcry. All of this for a place to dump a bunch of trash (that at some point will probably leach into the creek). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Terry, Don't believe it just yet. I am sceptical that all that muck came from truck tires. And if it did there should be some citations to look at. As for waiting till next year, that is for Cubs' fans. Keep an eye on it this year. The promise of a good spawn next spring is a "pig in a poke." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dodge Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 PaulT - Sorry bud but you info source sucks! I know for a fact they are (or were) pumping into the creek. No crap. I know for a fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Trybul Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 PaulT - Sorry bud but you info source sucks! I know for a fact they are (or were) pumping into the creek. No crap. I know for a fact. I was simply repeating what I heard from a person that works for the company that manages the property in question. I was not stating it as fact or my opinion on the subject. I'm in sales after all. This won't be the 1st or last time a customer feed me a line of bull. I do like the after photo in your other Kilbuck post. Thats the way it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dodge Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Paul - My "fact" snappage was not directed towards you. Sorry if you took it that way. It just upsets me when I hear stuff like that that I know for a fact isn't true. Dang! I did it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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