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General Category => National Outdoor News Headlines => Topic started by: mudbrook on March 29, 2007, 08:16:00 AM
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Dead Fish Raising a Stink Along Mississippi River
You might notice something as you drive along the river near La Crosse...
There's an aroma... And it is from millions of dead fish.
Experts with the Department of Natural Resources say the gizzard shard swim up to this region during milder winters. Then millions wash up on the shores of Wisconsin and Minnesota.
DNR expert Ron Benjamin says despite the large amount of dead fish, it's the smell that grabs people's attention.
"When we've had unseasonably warm temperatures like we've had the last week, 80 degrees, they, let's say, get rancid really quickly and when that happens we get some pretty bad smells."
Benjamin says the smell gets worse on warmer days, but it usually disappears after a week.
http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/6759222.html