OK, I think we would all agree, in general, herbicides are not good for the Chesapeake Bay in large quantities. In that case I doubt that it is good for the state roads to be pouring this stuff (see the picture that I am not exaggerating when I say “pouring” ) this on to the road side so they do not have to weed eat around telephone poles. It drove me so crazy when I saw this I had to turn around and follow them and take some pictures. Not only can you see the gully/drainage ditch this will run into, but it is not that far from the second most polluted river in the state of Maryland, the Choptank River. Also provided is an aerial shot looking south/east where you can see the river is not that far from rt 50. (You can click on the pictures which will bring them up in another window in high resolution)

The picture was taken on RT 50 heading north between Cambridge and Easton on Maryland’s Eastern Shore on May 8,2009 around 10:30am. The picture is geo-coded from the GPS that I have on my camera if anyone needs/wants to verify the location.
The aerial shot was taken by me just a little north of where these shots were taken, but you get the idea how close the Choptank river is, how what they are spraying probably went into the drainage ditch that then went in the river which then went into bay.

I would ask that no one gets upset with the workers doing this, they are doing what they are told. This is a Maryland State Roads issue and I hate to think how many tanks like this are sprayed all over the state to find their way into our water systems.

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