Carp Slam 5 Champion McTage Now Conservation Hero
Trevor Tanner was already a proven friend of the Denver South Platte River having volunteered time and raising money for river restoration. This August, Trevor was crowned the Amateur Champion of DTU’s Fifth Annual South Platte Pro-Am Carp Slam. Trevor can now be considered a Conservation Hero. Click HERE to read the Denver Post story about how Trevor, while prowling an area of the South Platte known as “The Stink”, recognized a growing environmental crisis and doggedly pursued a response that has ultimately led to involvement by the EPA.
What next McTage?
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Additional coverage of the Sand Creek – Suncor Benzene Spill – Beginning Nov 2011
- 11/27/2011 Trevor Tanner … Original Post on the Sand Creek Spill he happened upon on while fishing the Denver South Platte.
- 11/29/20011 Bruce Finley … Three trucks sucking up oily muck in Sand Creek trying to keep more from flowing into South Platte River – The Denver Post
- 11/30/2011 Bruce Finley … Health department: Pipe may have broken a half mile from Sand Creek spill site – The Denver Post
- 12/01/2011 Bruce Finley … Benzene in Sand Creek measured at 400 times amount tolerated by national drinking water standards, EPA tests show – The Denver Post
- 12/01/2011 Walter Ayramenko .. Order to Suncor on monitoring and mitigation .. CO Dep of Health and Env.
- 12/02/2011 Will Rice in the Drake … S. Platte Bitten by Benzene Attack
- 12/02/2011 Bruce Finley Denver Post … Cleanup orders at Colorado’s Suncor refinery spill into Sand Creek officially issued – The Denver Post
- 12/02/2011 EPA Sampling Read:the full summary of the EPA’s surface water sampling for the Sand Creek seep, as of December 2, 2011.
- 12/03/2011 Bruce Finley … Trench being dug to halt toxic ooze into Sand Creek north of Denver – The Denver Post
- 12/05/2011 Trevor Tanner – Inspection of Sand Creek spill mitigation.
- 12/06/2011 Bruce Finley … Sand Creek trench done, catching gasoline-like leak near Denver refinery – The Denver Post
- 12/30/2011 CO Dept of Health and Environment – Hazmat -.. 2nd Interim Order requires sparging system and drinking water standards in Sand Creek by 1/31/2012
- 12/30/2011 Bruce Finley … Benzene is fouling drinking water at Suncor refinery and chemicals are seeping directly into Sand Creek- The Denver Post
- 01/02/2012 Will Rice … Cause & Fx -current status of Sand Creek -The Drake Magazine.
- 01/07/2012 Bruce Finley …Suncor refinery employees tested for benzene contamination - The Denver Post
- 2/8/2012 Denver Post Suncor begins building trench to stop flow of contaminants near Denver
- 03/01/2012 Denver Post Suncor working to expel cancer-causing benzene from under Denver-area refinery
- 04/03/2012 Denver Post Suncor refinery in Commerce City to pay for air-pollution violations
- 04/21/2012 Denver Post Suncor energy installs fountain, underground walls to reduce benzene plume near Denver
