Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Environmental Services Division

For Immediate Release                                                    January 29, 2007

DNR INVESTIGATING FISH KILL NEAR DYERSVILLE

DYERSVILLE * A fish kill on the North Maquoketa River near Dyersville is being investigated Monday by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

By 4 p.m. Monday, the DNR had tracked the fish kill through Dyersville, however, investigation of the incident is difficult because of the snow and ice on the river and because public access to the river is limited.

The fish kill appears to have originated from Crop Production Services in Dyersville where a fiberglass container was being filled with liquid fertilizer that apparently leaked. The spill took place within an area of secondary containment which apparently leaked as well, allowing the fertilizer to reach a storm sewer which flows less than a block away to the North Fork of the Maquoketa River.

The incident was continuing to be investigated Monday evening by environmental specialists and fisheries biologists for the DNR.

For more information, contact Kevin Baskins at 515-249-2814.

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Kevin Baskins, Communications Bureau Chief
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
(515)  281-8395
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