That figure does not include people served by wells and smaller systems, he said. So far, only a few dead fish have been sighted, Davis said, mostly when people stirred water and sludge behind logjams. On the Tug Fork at Warfield, ducks swam on the black surface yesterday while fisheries biologist Dan Michaelson tried to determine what was happening beneath. He worked from a boat to try to shock fish to the surface. We've found evidence of live fish.
Carp seem to be doing fine.
Michaelson said ducks and other water birds seem unaffected by the spill. Frogs and salamanders, he said, were killed along with fish in Coldwater and Wolf creeks.