Bauman to a similar case in texas. In the 1980s. In the end we discovered that it is a species of algae called golden algae. The drought had created the perfect storm in rye patch. The water was stagnant. Low in oxygen. High in salinity. And cold. All factors essential in a golden algae bloom. The reservoir is incredibly low. It is only about 10percent full which means when the golden algae infection started, it was able to spread quickly leaving all these fish dead in little to no time. This algae could have always been there and we just did not know about it and had not this algae could have always been there and we just did not know about it and had not encountered it before. But now that it was here. It had left in its path. A wake of devastation. Golden algae clings to the gills of fish. Preventing then from breathing. Essentially. Suffocating them to death. Cant breath . Cant breath. Pretty much. Whats left . Thousands of dead fish. And the question how do we prevent this from ha