Pearl River fish kill
 

Anybody heard anything about the fish kill in the Pearl?There are thousands of dead fish,turtles,and snakes! I heard they shut down the paper mill b/c they had a leak.

what the heck! dang I was planning on fishing there next weekend, one of my favorite places to fish! was it the lower pearl or up north?

nevermind I just looked it up, Pearl river was an awesome fishery, I hope it recovers and I hope this doesn't have a long term effect on the saltwater species that make there way into the pearl.

Yea its made its way to Slidell now.Mills shutdown,Im sure theyll get it fixed quick(since its not BP lol) but Lord knows how long it will take for wildlife to bounce back!

Can we get a link???

yeah, my profile pic is me with a 4ld bass in the pearl, just north of hwy 90 bridge.

Bush's fault

I went to the river today and the sight is absolutly sickening!! Dead marine life everywhere!

That's saltys people at the paper mill in bogalousa!!! Heard about it on Walton and Johnson yesterday....sounds pretty bad

Kill is 45 -50 miles long, as of yesterday the water was dead all the way down to the rigolets. What the hell did they put in the water ARSNIC???

Black liquor.....its a very sad thing as this is one of my favorite playgrounds......is it still leaking?

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Has it effected the Rigolets or lake borgne?

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LPBF is tracking the spill as it enters the lake area and the last report i saw was black water , lots of foam and dead catfish

Sears
 

The deadfish have hit the lake as this morning. Still undetermined if the deadfish are from the Pearl and drifted into lake or the fish were actually killed while being in the lake.

Mississippi trying to help
 

Bogalusa, La. - There are dramatic new developments concerning the cleanup of that massive fish kill that covers more than 40 miles of the Pearl River.

The State of Mississippi is stepping up to lend a hand in flushing out the low stagnant water way filled with dead fish. It all starts with a crucial supply of water in Jackson, Mississippi.

Mississippi officials have opened the Ross Barnett Spillway to feed fresh water into the Pearl River. The spillway's reservoir provides a water supply for the City of Jackson but also is a direct line to the river.

North Shore state Senator A.G. Crowe, R-Slidell, says the opening will increase the water flow tenfold - enough to fill a backyard swimming pool every a couple of seconds.

“The idea would be going from 200 cubic feet per second to 2,000 cubic feet per second. That's big news from the state of Mississppi for us here,” Crowe said.

Crowe says he met with officials at Temple Inland Paper Mill in Bogalusa. Company executives believe they exceeded the allowed waste water discharge levels and that may have lowered oxygen in the river.

Although their blame in the fish kill is not definitive, the company says it wants to clean up the river. They plan on hiring a Baton Rouge firm to begin cleaning up the fish.
The cause of the fish kill is still under investigation by DEQ.

St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis has issued a state of emergency. That allows the parish to request state assistance for the affected area

As far as I know, the busted pipeline is still pumping. The mill here is still shut down. It's really wierd to pass by and not see smoke bellowing out those huge stacks. Watch the news tonight. There were several tv crews outside the fence a few minutes ago.

This is all your fault but, by August, no one will remember it even happened.:spineyes:

it will take years to recover from this.

I don't think so.There is 100's of miles of river water north of this incident and plenty of fish to re-stock.