Officials in Iowa and Missouri estimated that nearly 800,000 fish had died in waters that flow into the Missouri River.

“I refer to this one as ‘the big one,’” said the official, Matt Combes, an ecological health unit science supervisor for the Missouri Department of Conservation. He added: “Calling something a near-total fish kill for 60 miles of a river is astounding and disheartening.”

  • girlfreddy@lemmy.ca
    35·
    7 months ago

    The fish kill was one of the five largest on record in Iowa, according to state data, and the worst since runoff from a dairy farm in 2013 killed more than 800,000 fish. The federal Environmental Protection Agency does not keep similar data on the national level, a spokesman said.

    Why doesn’t the EPA keep data on a national level???!!?!?

    Like wtf?

    • figjam@midwest.socialEnglish
      301·
      7 months ago

      Because then people would know how often this happens and where. Can’t have that disrupting things

      • Maeve@kbin.social
        19·
        7 months ago

        Like most other agencies designed to"protect" people, they’ve been severely refunded, which relates back to your answer.

    • TIMMAY@lemmy.world
      14·
      7 months ago

      EPA is a federal agency and as such they only care about playing the hierarchy game and not about anything else