“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.”

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    7 months ago

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

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      7 months ago

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