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(Fort Dodge, IA) -- Over 70-thousand fish are dead following a fertilizer byproduct leak in Fort Dodge.
According to an Iowa Department of Natural Resources report, CJ Bio America reported the leak in the South Branch of Lizard Creek on April 14th. The DNR observed dead fish along around 15 miles of the creek. The majority of the fish killed were minnows, shiners, dace, and chub, although several other species were affected as well.