The Luke paper mill will be closed by June 30

[namfos]

Bad for the 675 losing jobs, good for the water quality of the Potomac River

http://bit.ly/2Wdc9U1 

Mark

[Misha Gill]

Wow. Can't say I'm upset about the prospect for better water quality, but I certainly feel for the employees who had good jobs in a low cost of living area that doesn't have much in the way of alternative employment (unless this $2 trillion infrastructure plan becomes reality and brings renewable energy jobs to rural areas like Westernport). 

[demeat50]

I think that mill has done a good job of keeping the river clean. Smells like S but the mill actually feeds healthy nutrients into the upper branch of the Potomac. Below the discharge points I have caught many super big rainbows and browns. Who knows what will happen once they turn it off.

[Richard Farino]

The mill had a long history of air and discharge violations. I wouldn't say they've done a good job of keeping the river clean. I also wouldn't go as far as saying the mill feeds healthy nutrients into the river either unless you consider healthy nutrients as high nitrogen and phosphorus levels, coliform bacteria, spilled latex, and wastewater that meets legal limits in extremely diluted form but at undiluted levels would kill everything in the river.

I feel for the 700 jobs going away in an already depressed area of Garrett County, MD. If I was a member of the union up there I have no idea what I would think about doing next.

R

On 5/3/19, 10:15 AM, "demeat50" <tidal-potoma...@googlegroups.com on behalf of deme...@gmail.com> wrote:

I think that mill has done a good job of keeping the river clean. Smells like S but the mill actually feeds healthy nutrients into the upper branch of the Potomac. Below the discharge points I have caught many super big rainbows and browns. Who knows what will happen once they turn it off.

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[arthur noglak]

I talked to very good friend of mine, who is a full time guide on that fishery about it yesterday. He seems to share the same sentiments about people unfortunately losing their jobs.

I have fished there quite a bit over the years and although I wouldn't call it clean, I could be much much worse.

He seemed to be very optimistic about the fishery moving forward, but is curious to see how the impending angling pressure, now that the mill will no longer be pumping, will effect the river.

Ill say this, Ive fished that river on a few rare occasions when they shut of the effluent and it was amazing!

Cheers,

Art

[namfos]

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