Author: DOUG LEIER N.D. Game and Fish Department

DOUG LEIER ND Game and Fish Department Winter fish kills in lakes, reservoirs, ponds and sloughs are nothing new in North Dakota. In any given year there is potential for winterkill. As for pheasants and deer in North Dakota, the long, cold, snowy winters take exactly a toll.Dead deer and pheasants are easier to spot with a white blanket of snow, but under the ice, a fish kill can be less noticeable.Some obscured sloughs that suffer winterkill may go unnoticed. Depending on the severity, dead and decaying fish can be cleaned up by the natural cycle of gulls, coyotes and…