Fish kills in Virginia
 

Virginia has acknowledged and investigated a fish kill in the South
Fork of the Shenandoah River this spring, 2005. Last spring, 2004, the
state investigated a fish kill in the North Fork.

Today, May 14, 2005, I kayaked a short stretch of the North Fork
upstream of Edinburg, VA. While paddling, I talked to several people
fishing the river, all had noticed the presence of many dead fish.

Taking a short break on a limestone outcrop, I noticed a pair of very
diseased fish swimming slowly near my kayak. I was able to photograph
the fish, and the exact spot where I landed my kayak. The pictures are
distressing, and can be seen he
http://www.user.shentel.net/riburr/p...ish051405.html




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