Posted 5/10/2016 13:10 (#5292676 - in reply to #5292638) Subject: RE: Agriculture in Fort McMurray??
I believe the soil is very muskeg type. There is farm land to the south. What they are mining is to the north. The oil is at the surface and leaching out of the ground and in to the river. It is actual a big environment clean up. There is scare crows set up in the tar sand so the birds don't land.