Tully Valley Mudboils
By: Meadow30 and Ava85
What are Mudboils?
When we visited the mudboils they were not round with a lot of moister on the inside they looked more scattered and flat.
When we went to the Tully Valley Mudboils.
This is the picture Mrs. Verbeck took of the mudboils leaking into Onondaga Creek.
Mudboil video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHYZR0MQgWU
In this video is shows kids stepping on the Mudboils and you can see how it looks like you will sink in when you step on it.
The Tully Valley Mudboils are important to the overall recovery of Onondaga Lake!!
Damage done to Onondaga Creek by the Mudboils.
Onondaga Creek has a murky muddy-brown appearance especially during high. Most of these materials come from the Tully Valley Mudboils. Much of the stream bed below from the mudboil area is covered with sediments released from the Mudboils. Onondaga Creek contributes more than 50% of the annual tributary sediment load to the lake due in large part to the mudboils.
This is a picture of a mudboil close up. In the picture its shows the water flowing over top of the sediments.