Of the 700 applications checked, about 15 or 20 were questionable and needed further review. Officials say that adds up to about three thousand questionable applications a year. Lakes Amy Hartley Three lakes on Fort Greely will be re-stocked with game fish for next year by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. But before re-stocking can happen the fish currently residing in the lakes will have to be removed. A large portion of the fish were removed and re-located but the remaining fish will be killed off with a commonly used chemical.
Rotenone is a common pesticide used to kill fish.
It's used extensively throughout the country and later this month it will be used in 3 lakes on Fort Greely, near Delta Junction. The process seems scary and causes concern over what this chemical will do to the ecosystem in and around the lakes, and the people who fish and swim in those very waters. But officials from Fish and Game say there's no cause for worry. Rotenone works by inhibiting a biochemical process in fish cells. The fish suffocate due to a lack of oxygen, but the chemical does NOT remove oxygen from the water.