"In a nutshell, there have been continuing ills and kills, some severe, all over the watershed. Now we have documentation that the kills have crossed into all available river fish species. Forty-two miles of the North Fork Shenandoah endured a massive fish kill of suckers, muskies, smallmouths and sunfish the spring of 2006, and there were extensive hogsucker and redhorse sucker die-offs both in the Potomac and Shenandoah systems."

(Editor's Note: Bruce Ingram is the author of the following books (cost in parentheses): The James River Guide ($15), The New River Guide ($15), and The Shenandoah/ Rappahannock Rivers Guide ($18.25). To obtain a copy, send a check to Ingram at P.O. Box 429, Fincastle, VA 24090.)