Joe Baker photo A turtle is perched on the edge of a second stock pond that Adrian Opiela fears may be affected by a recent spill of oilfield waste fluids that contaminated a large part of his property. Family members worry about the impact of the recent spill on wildlife living on the piece of land about 600 acres in size.

Joe Baker photo A huge oak tree that the Opiela family estimates is more than 150 years old stands in danger near the site of a feeder line rupture and spill of contaminants from oilfield production.