A little detective work...

So last night me and Sean went for a paddle just in the Nanaimo Harbor. We kayak here all the time and generally it's really fun! We see all kinds of harbour seals, birds, racoons, and, just lots of the kind of nature stuff that new environmentalists love to see. So we're getting suited up and putting our kayaks in the water, and realize that we're literally floating on an oil spill. We paddled out about 30 meters, and it was just the same, we couldn't get away from it. It covered the Nanaimo Harbor. It was so fumey and just generally the opposite of what it usually is.

As a new and very excited "environmentalist" I will be taking action. I'm going to find out why, and how it can be prevented next time.

It's a little easier not to, but I'm just going to do it.


I'll post what I did/found out later today!

Step 1: I contacted the Nanaimo Port Authority. They took my name and seemed very concerned about the spill. They didn't know where it came from, but they wonder if it was because of the Snowbird demonstration last night. If it is- I mean, it was fun to watch and everything- but did we really need it?

I contacted them again but they had no new information for me. I went to the site of the spill again today, and everything was looking better. Ofcourse, it's not gone, but at least it's not continuing (like a boat is leaking or something). I think it might have been from the snowbirds. I'm thinking of writing my first "letter to the editor" as a new environmentalist. We'll see, I've gotta ask around a little bit more.