Authorities investigate fish kill
LOUISVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Tennessee wildlife officials are investigating after thousands of dead fish were found in the Little River.
WATE-TV (http://bit.ly/17EjoUt) reports residents in Louisville first reported seeing dead fish on Friday along the banks of the river. Biologists from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency inspected the section of the Little River on Sunday and estimated that thousands of fish that include about a dozen species were killed.
TWRA said the fish kill seems to be localized to a two-mile stretch of the river. Biologist Jim Negus said he was able to rule out water temperature, dissolved oxygen and a nearby sewer treatment facility as the cause.
He said other agencies are responsible for testing for pollution, but it wasn’t clear whether they would test the water.
