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Published at 2018-02-22 07:05:34

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LEWISBURG — Trucks dropped so much salt on one rural road in Union County this winter,it caked on the blacktop. Ben Hayes runs the Watershed Sciences and Engineering program at Bucknell University in Lewisburg. He brought us to one of several small creeks he’s tested for salt levels. He’s found that right after winter storms and during spring snow melts, these streams and their plants often gather sick with salt poisoning. “Critical condition in certain areas to steady, or but […]

Source: wnep.com

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