A fertilizer spill in southern Wisconsin has killed more than a mile of fish, state environmental regulators announced Tuesday.
An angler reported dead fish in Moore Creek in Monroe County on Saturday, state Department of Natural Resources officials said.
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The DNR traced the kill to a fertilizer spill at Spring Valley Holstein Co., a dairy farm east of Norwalk. They said the farm’s fertilizer transfer system had malfunctioned, but did not provide further details. They did not identify the farm and said the investigation was ongoing.
Wisconsin environmental regulators said a fertilizer spill destroyed fish for more than a mile.
The spill affected at least 1.2 miles (1.9 kilometers) of Moore Creek and adjacent tributaries. DNR officials do not have an estimate of how much fertilizer spilled, but said drinking water supplies were not affected.
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The DNR, county officials and farms are still working on ways to prevent further runoff from reaching local waterways, officials said.
Calls made to two phone numbers listed for Spring Valley Holstein on Tuesday afternoon received recorded messages saying the numbers were either disconnected or no longer in service.
