This month's "Dance for the River" shoot had us splashing through Peter's creek, which is one of the creeks in the Yadkin River watershed and it's health is directly tied to the health of our river. We started in a tunnel that runs past Brunson Elementary. It is lined with graffiti and the water runs around building material, clothes, toys and even a few shopping carts filled with debris. We ended beneath one of the old Hanes plants, where earlier this month an industrial dye spill turned the creek water red.
clothes, trash, plastic and even bicycle wheels are wedged under rocks and other building material in Peters Creek, which runs through Hanes Park and through the west end of Winston-Salem
“The city creeks of the Winston-Salem are some of the most used by our kids and animals. Whether it is the schools lining Peters Creek or the dog beach of Salem Creek, these are parts of the Yadkin watershed that people use every day. As the industrial dye spill into Peters Creek on January 24th, 2017 showed, these creeks are still threatened by industrial pollution. We owe it to our urban creeks to protect them from trash and pollution-these should be playgrounds not dumping grounds.
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This was a fun photo experiment with a few LED lights.