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Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Fisheries Biologist Kenny Breidinger studies the dissolved oxygen concentration in McWenneger Slough near Evergreen on Jan. 5. (FWP photo)

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Heavy ice and snow cover can result in fish kills in shallow waterbodies
February 3, 2023 7 a.m.

Heavy ice and snow cover can result in fish kills in shallow waterbodies

Thick ice and persistent snow cover can create good angling conditions, but they can also strain fish populations in waterbodies prone to winter kill.