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2. Ag is a mess. Spill at Red Oak Iowa killed life in river for over 60 miles to Missour River

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 08:02 PM

Dec 10

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/tech/science/environment/2024/03/29/fish-kill-in-nishnabotna-river-spill-said-to-exceed-750000-department-natural-resources-nitrogen/73125495007/

A fertilizer spill this month in southwest Iowa killed nearly all the fish in a 60-mile stretch of river with an estimated death toll of more than 750,000, according to Iowa and Missouri conservation officers.

That is the biggest fish kill in Iowa in at least a decade and the fifth-largest on record, according to state data.

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