Cause sought for W.Va. fish kill
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - State regulators are looking for the cause of a fish kill in a tributary of Dunkard Creek in Monongalia County.
Biologist Frank Jernejcic (Jur-nay-sic) with the Division of Natural Resources says 6,000 to 7,000 fish died on July 1 over 1 mile of the North Fork of the West Virginia Fork of Dunkard Creek.
Jernejcic says the fish included minnows, darters, smallmouth bass, sunfish and suckers.
He says the kill wasn't related to mine drainage or gas well drilling.
Last September, golden algae killed thousands of fish and other aquatic life in Dunkard Creek. Regulators concluded that dissolved solids in the water created conditions that helped that algae bloom.
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Information from: West Virginia Public Broadcasting, http://www.wvpubcast.org/
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - State regulators are looking for the cause of a fish kill in a tributary of Dunkard Creek in Monongalia County.
Biologist Frank Jernejcic (Jur-nay-sic) with the Division of Natural Resources says 6,000 to 7,000 fish died on July 1 over 1 mile of the North Fork of the West Virginia Fork of Dunkard Creek.
Jernejcic says the fish included minnows, darters, smallmouth bass, sunfish and suckers.
He says the kill wasn't related to mine drainage or gas well drilling.
Last September, golden algae killed thousands of fish and other aquatic life in Dunkard Creek. Regulators concluded that dissolved solids in the water created conditions that helped that algae bloom.
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Information from: West Virginia Public Broadcasting, http://www.wvpubcast.org/
