Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) recently announced that the agency has accepted a settlement of $207,000 from American Civil Contractors (ACC) for the accidental fish kill on the Big Thompson River this past March. The settlement, which will be spent … Continued
Biologists from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) suspect that an 8-mile long fish kill on the West Branch of the Floyd River north of Maurice in Sioux County may have been caused by an unknown pollutant. The fish … Continued
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) announced that conditions in Lake Murray could result in a striped bass die off in the coming few weeks. As of Aug. 22, more than 800 striped bass ranging from 18 to … Continued
A recent fish kill on the Yellowstone River led to a closure of the waterway. On Friday, Aug 19th, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) implemented an immediate closure of all water-based recreation (fishing, wading, floating, tubing, boating, etc.) on … Continued
Biologists with the departments of natural resources in Minnesota and Wisconsin have determined that several fish kills reported in and around the Mississippi River near La Crosse are due to hypoxia, which occurs when there are unusually low levels of … Continued