Low water levels and high water temperatures were though to have caused the deaths of nearly 21,000 shovelnose sturgeon along a 60-mile stretch of the Des Moines River in #Iowa from Ottumwa to Farmington. This is the largest fish kill in the region since 2012.
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https://www.wgem.com/2023/07/14/heat-drought-leads-thousands-dead-fish/