“More than 3,000 fish have been found dried up and dead along a five-mile stretch of a California river after waterflow was abruptly cut off.
CSUB Biology Professor, Rae McNeish, and her students have counted a shocking 3,033 dead fishes over a course of seven days – a feat that sparked an investigation from the Fish and Wildlife Department, according to KGET.
The once-flowing Kern River in Bakersfield – located 100 miles northeast of Santa Barbara – has run dry after the city’s water allotment was used up in August and the precious liquid is now going to water districts, which divert it to canals, the local outlet reported.” [Read More]