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Heat Strains Midwest Rivers Spark Wide Fish Killout
Thousands of fish die across Iowa Nebraska Illinois Kansas as drought and heat push river temps toward 100 degrees. Sturgeon and pallid sturgeon populations fall, with hundreds of thousands of bass and catfish killed in Illinois streams and lake intakes. officials warn the die-off could stretch into next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Lincoln, Neb
Iowa
Nebraska
Lower
Platte River
Illinois
Mark Flammang
Department of Agriculture
Des Moines
Gavin Gibbons
National Fisheries Institute
Flammang
Ilinois
Aux Sable Creek
Dan Stephenson
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Stephenson
Powerton Lake
Edison International
Kearney
Columbus
Daryl Bauer Bauer
Bauer
Kansas
Doug Nygren
Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
Nygren