Fish Kill Reported In Greene County's Dunkard CreekHundreds Of Fish And Mussels DeadPOSTED: 5:21 pm EDT September 12,
2009 GREENE COUNTY, Pa. -- The Department of Environmental Protection is investigating the deaths of hundreds of fish and mussels in Dunkard Creek.A Department spokesperson said some kind of pollution entered the 20-mile stretch of creek in Greene County, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.There are three active coal mines near the fork of the creek in West Virginia but investigators have not been able to pinpoint the source of the pollution.It is still unknown how many fish have been killed.
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