Over 200 trout and juvenile coho salmon were killed in Burnaby's Eagle Creek when a toxin, perhaps chlorine from a hot tub or pool, was poured down a storm drain. As a volunteer with the Byrne Creek Streamkeepers, I was dismayed, for some 700 fish were killed in Byrne Creek at the end of February by a toxin that was never identified or its source tracked down.
At least in the Eagle Creek case it appears that the city's environment officers may have discovered the source, and if so, I hope they throw the book at the perpetrator(s). My sympathies to the Eagle Creek Streamkeepers!
The Burnaby Now and the NewsLeader covered the event.
Posted by Paul at July 21, 2006 07:36 PM