Solving the Mystery of Fish Kills

SICKENING. ALARMING. IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND A GOOD WORD TO DESCRIBE the experience of gazing upon thousands of swollen, rotting fish carcasses scattered over the surface of a favorite bayou, pond, or lake.
The over-whelming sense of loss and waste can stir deeply passionate responses from almost anyone concerned with the health of our environment. Then, there's the smell of several thousand dead fish baking in the sun on a hot, steamy, August day -- that's something hard to forget.