Valerie
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Here's a thought, I'll just throw it out there.
AR Geological Survey map of gas wells on the Fayetteville Shale:
Fayetteville Shale Gas Play
Note the line of the Arkansas River, marking the line between Crawford and Sebastian Counties on the western border, then disappearing as it crosses central Franklin County (where both Ozark and presumably the cause of the fish kill are located) and continuing as the line between Johnson and Logan Counties to the East of Franklin County. Here's another map showing where it runs:
Franklin County Arkansas Map
While the majority of gas drilling has taken place to the east, there are several wells in the immediate vicinity of the Arkansas in Franklin County.
I'm not much of an oil and gas person, but I know of some of the problems with contamination poorly or incorrectly drilled wells have caused in the past in local portions of the Marcellus. Would a botched gas well potentially have this kind of effect on wildlife?
I saw an article earlier about the fish and the weird thing is it's only one type of fish but not the others...
When I heard about the birds I thought maybe a storm or an electrical current.