10,000 Fish Die in 1 Week in Wildlife Area

FALLON, Nev. — Ten thousand fish have died in the last week at the Stillwater Wildlife Management Area, not far from where an estimated 7 million small fish died earlier in the year, officials said.

Refuge manager Ron Anglin said he had no explanation for the deaths at Lead Lake of carp, Sacramento black fish and catfish. Anglin said the earlier die-off was a result of water that became increasingly brackish as it evaporated after a dry winter.