Monday
Aug062012
Fisheries Suffering in Hot Water
Monday, August 6, 2012 at 11:05AM
Photo from New York Department of Environmental Conservation
The Great Lakes Echo provides a good summary of the multiple fish kills occurring throughout the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes regions this summer.
“There’s nothing wrong water quality-wise,” said Randy Schumacher, fisheries supervisor for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. “The species simply can’t tolerate that hot of water for this extended period of time.”
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Great Lakes,
Upper Midwest,
drought,
fish kill,
fish kills,
heat,
water quality 













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