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Quality (DEQ) personnel, riparian landowners, and members of the Shenandoah River Fish Kill Task Force canvassed the South Fork, North Fork and main stem Shenandoah River to determine the extent of the fish kill. Though observers did find one dead northern hog sucker at one location on the North Fork Shenandoah, the kill appeared to be centered on the main stem Shenandoah downstream of Morgan’s Ford.
“It was great to see all the collaboration among river enthusiasts that assisted the state agencies in determining the extent of this latest fish kill,” said Steve Reeser, DGIF biologist and co-chair of the task force.
The task force contacted West Virginia authorities, who have received no reports of dead fish in the West Virginia portion of the Shenandoah River. At the time, no dead fish were observed on the South Fork Shenandoah.
Biologists will not be able to fully assess the impact to the sucker population until sampling the river next spring. This is the same area of the river where a similar fish kill involv
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