Fish Kill

that happend in the raystown branch of the juniata in somerset county a few years back. right after they stocked heavy rains came all the fish went belly up

ORIGINAL: D-nymph

What's up downstream in Penns Creek from here?

I guess it dilluted by then?

Liquid manure on top of snow on top of frozen top soil is a dumb move.  A farmer should know better, Besides the polluting, he's wasting the fertilizer.

 
I don't think any efforts were made, or could be made to contain the fertilizer after runoff, so I suppose it is just diluted.  I don't know much about Elk Creek, except it is a much smaller creek and will probably be the first to experience a demise.
 
I agree about some of these agriculture techniques being far from acceptable.  It is pretty evident how poor fertilizing practices can degrade a watershed.  You would think it is about time that some more stringent standards are put in place to control when and how much fertilizers can be used.
 
When I read this article it made me think of the last time I drove along Spruce on the same date that the runoff occured at Elk Creek.  Every farm along 45 had massive frothy streams running through the fields that were gushing directly into Spruce.  It sure makes it easy to understand why every time I visit Spruce there is less and less aquatic life. 

ORIGINAL: Esox_Hunter
 I don't know much about Elk Creek, except it is a much smaller creek

 
yea, it's a small limestoner, smaller than Spruce, at least in the sections I've "tried and failed" to access.