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Hundreds meet to discuss Ogeechee River fish kill
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A dead fish rots on the shore of the Ogeechee River near U.S. 301 a few days after a fish kill closed the river to swimming and fishing last month. - photo by Herald File
Hundreds of concerned citizens gathered Sunday to discuss the recent Ogeechee River fish kill. The crowd met at Dasher's Landing near Blitchton to hear from legislators and talk about the river's pollution. The meeting came two days after a band was lifted on eating fish caught in the Ogeechee, a week after a ban was lifted on swimming in the river and two weeks after a massive fish kill left thousands of dead fish on the banks of the south Georgia blackwater river.
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