Archive: September 2017 - Fishsargent

Some fish loss and new life around Sargent from Harvey

  • September 15, 2017
Some fish loss and new life around Sargent from Harvey

After the water surge in Sargent people starting to see some dead fish and shrimp  in Caney Creek, canals, and the Intracoastal water way. This situation is caused by the massive amount of fresh water that has flushed out Prairies, woods and bottom lands that make up the greater Sargent Ecosystem and the East Matagorda Bay Watershed. This rain from Hurricane Harvey was overwhelming. When such a massive amount of fresh water fall so quickly over our East Matagorda Watershed. Fifty Inches in a few days from Harvey. It scrubs the land of any organic matter that has not been converted yet into...

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