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The Shenandoah River Fish Kill Task Force, with the assistance of river enthusiasts from throughout the watershed, is investigating new reports of fish hills on the North and South Forks of the Shenandoah, as well as a fish kill on the main stem Shenandoah in early December.

On December 11, dead sunfish were found on the North Fork near Passage Creek, and dead sunfish and a small mouth bass were found on the South Fork in Front Royal.

During the week of December 3, anglers on the Shenandoah River between Route 50 and the Lockes Landing access in Clarke County reported seeing numerous dead fish on the bottom of the river. Biologists with the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries identified the fish as northern hog suckers and indicated that some of the fish had been dead for several days.

Also that week, the Shenandoah River keeper, members of the Potomac Small mouth Club, local fishing guides, Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) and Department of Environmental

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