GREEN (?) BAY

Green Bay, Brown County. June 28, 1969. Altitude c. 8,000 ft. This high oblique view reveals enormous pink streams of natural and industrial pollution, pouring out into the bay from the Lower Fox River. Seen to the southwest from a spot over Highway 57 (northeast of the city) is Green Bay (lower right), the city of Green Bay (center) and the Lower Fox River (upper left to center). ‘Natural' pollution consists largely of reddish clays which enter the Fox and its tributaries as the result of poor land management practices. Paper mills probably contributed the major share of industrial pollutants. The Fox River has experienced a dramatic improvement in water quality since this photograph was taken.