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Residents were scattered around the Maki Theater in Libby's Central School for a presentation on selenium in Lake Koocanusa earlier this month. (Derrick Perkins/The Western News)

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Recent data spell trouble for Koocanusa fish
March 22, 2022 7 a.m.

Recent data spell trouble for Koocanusa fish

If recent data from peamouth chub and other fish hold valid insight — and at least, biologists in Montana believe they do — selenium levels at Lake Koocanusa reach as high as 250 percent of what’s allowed in Montana waters.