The Secret of Bog Creek Farm
Hi there! My name is Bob and my daughter is Jeannie. A couple of times each month we travel up to the farmland of New Jersey to do a little fishing. We talk about school, friends, and Sometimes even catch a fish, too! For years, one of our favorite fishing spots was a stream near an old land called Bog Creek Farmo. Although Bog Creek Farm certainly looked normal, it had a dark
secret. Bog Creek Farm looks like an average everyday chicken ranch. However, some people used the farm as a place to dump their old chemicals and paints. These chemicals were dumped into a 150-foot long trench, about half as long as a football field, which stretches across the property. We knew about Bog Creek Farm's secret because we fish so close to the property.
After a few years of secret dumping, a neighbor complained to local officials about the stinky smell that kept coming from the property. After talking it over with the neighbor, the officials decided to visit the owner of Bog Creek Farm and check it out for themselves. The dwner told the officials that people had dumped chemicals into the trench on his property for as long as he could remember. Well, even he had been known to pour a jar of chemicals down into the trench every now and then.
After listening to the owner's story, the officials asked the owner to bulldoze the trench and ship the dirt to a special storage area. The owner agreed. However, even after the dirt was shipped away, the stinky smell continued.
A few months later, things started to get a little strange. Whenever my daughter and I went on one of our fishing trips, we began to notice hundreds of dead fish that were floating in rivers and streams near Bog Creek Farm.
We weren't the only ones who were alarmed. As soon as state officials heard about the dying fish, they decided to pay special attention to the soil all around the property
First, Superfund cleanup crews dug up all the polluted soil on the site. After the soil was removed, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) built a special kind of machine called incinerator. The incinerator at Bog Creek Farm burnt up enough soil to fill 500 tractor toilers! One really neat thing about the incinerator (besides its ability to burn up tons of soil) was that it could be taken apart and reassembled just about anywhere EPA wanted. This means that instead of having to make a new incinerator, EPA could just take this one apart and then put it
back together at another site. Once the soil was burnt up, Superfund cleanup crews tackled the problem of cleaning up the streams and rivers that were near Bog Creek Farm.
Think It Over
1. Who was the narrator of the story?
2.Why did Jeannie and her dad travel to New Jersey?
3.What was Bog Creek Farm's dark secret?
4.How did Jeannie and her dad know the secret?
5. What had been dumped into Bog Creek?
6. What were the effects of the dumping?
7. What was the state official's action to the problem in Bog Creek?
8. Is this also happening in your neighborhood?
9. Has something been done about it?
10. What will happen if the barangay officials in your neighborhood do on the problem right away?
11. Name some organizations you know that are doing environmental cleanup
12. Would you like to be a member of any of these organizations? Why?
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The answers are provided in the explanation.
Explanation:
1) Bob was the narrator of the story
2) To do a little fishing Jeannie and her father used to go to New Jersey farmland
3) The dark secret of Bog Creek Farm was that it became like a average everyday chicken ranch as it was being used as a dumping side by some people to dump their old chemicals and paints into a 150 foot long trench.
4) For fishing Jeannie and her dad used to go one of their favourite fishing spots near the old land called Bog Creek for fishing twice a month, so they got to know that people secrectly used to dump their old chemicals and paints in the farm.
5) The people were dumping their old chemicals and paints secretly.
6) These were due to dumping over a period of time that the stinky smelsmell started to come up from the property so the owner complained about it to the officials.
7) After the state officials got to know about the dying fish floating in the rivers and streams near Bog Creeks, they decided to pay special attention to the soil all around the property for Superfund cleanup crews dug up the soil on the site after on it was removed, Environmental Protection Agency built a machine called incinerator that burn up tons of soil that could be taken apart and reassembled just about anywhere.
8) Yes, in my neighbourhood there are many people who dumdump their garbage and other toxic waste in open sites which would overtime result in stinking and other issues.
9) For making it less severe the various governmentgovernmental organisations regularly keep a check on the waste by cleaning and collecting it regularly.
10) It will be so beneficial and healthy for ourselourselves if the problem of dumping would be resolved right away.
11) The Greenpeace and Surfrider are some of the organisations that are doing environmental clean up.
12) Yes , I would like to be a member of any of these organisations because I would also be able to contribute to the society in such a professional way and it will help in making environment clean and healthy.
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