LITTLE ROCK – According to recent tests, two large fish kills below Ozark Dam on the Arkansas River were likely caused by increases in atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen in the water after spillway gates were opened. About 83,000 freshwater drum and 800 yellow bass died Dec. 29 after 10 spillway gates were open for 10 […]
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