Endangered fish delays raising water level

Published January 29, 2014 10:35pm ET



JAMESTOWN, Ky. (AP) — An endangered fish found in headwaters of Lake Cumberland has federal officials trying to decide what to do about the lake’s water level, which was due to rise this year after dam repairs kept the water lowered the last few years.

The Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are delaying an increase until determining how to minimize the effect on the duskytail darter.

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