Conference on Lake Apopka Fish Kills, June 12, 1963
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Winter Garden (Fla.)
Water quality--Florida
Pesticides--United States
Fishing--Florida
Insecticides--United States
Pollution--Florida
A report by Harold L. Moody for a conference held by various state officials to investigate the fish kills in Lake Apopka, Florida. Moody's notes describe the current fish kill, some past kills, and efforts by the different State departments to investigate the fish kills. Various causes of the fish kills are discussed. Moody disagrees with the State Board of Health that oxygen supersaturation is causing the kills; <span>Moody believes the cause is either pesticides or an unknown fish disease.</span>
Moody, Harold L.
Photocopy of original 5-page typewritten report, June 12, 1963: binder 1963, drawer 1938-1987, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, <a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>, Oakland, Florida.
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Lake Apopka, Florida
Winter Garden, Florida
Angebilt Hotel, Orlando, Florida
Oakland, Florida
Letter from Doyle C. Golden to A. D. Aldrich (August 26, 1963)
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Water quality--Florida
Water conservation
Pesticides--United States
Fishing--Florida
Insecticides--United States
Pollution--Florida
A letter of correspondence from Doyle C. Golden, the Administrative Assistant for the Division of Chemistry of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to A. D. Aldrich, the Director of the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission. The report gives data from the analysis of fish samples collected from Lake Apopka, Florida, by Chester Burke and L. E. Cromwell on June 24-25, 1963. DDT and DDT metabolites were found to be present in all samples examined.
Golden, Doyle C.
Photocopy of original 3-page typewritten letter from Doyle C. Golden to A. D. Aldrich, August 26, 1963: binder 1963, drawer 1938-1987, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, <a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>, Oakland, Florida.
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Lake Apopka, Florida
Florida Game and Fresh Water Commission, Tallahassee, Florida
Apopka Beauclair Canal, Florida
Hog Island, Florida
Crown Point, Florida
Pine Island Point, Florida
Letter from John R. Thoman to A. D. Aldrich (July 25, 1963)
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Water quality--Florida
Pesticides--United States
Fishing--Florida
DDT (Insecticide)
Insecticides--United States
Pollution--Florida
A letter of correspondence from John R. Thoman, the Regional Director of the Water Supply and Pollution Control Division of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, to A. D. Aldrich, the Director of the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission. The letter discusses the analysis of the samples taken by Eugene W. Surber during his visit to Lake Apopka, Florida, in June 1963. Analysis of fish samples performed by chemists with the Department of Health found large concentrations of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) were in the bass fish samples. According to the letter, Thoman does not believe these concentrations necessarily indicate DDT poisoning as the cause of death.
Thoman, John R.
Photocopy of original 2-page typewritten letter from John R. Thoman to A. D. Aldrich, July 25, 1963: binder 1963, drawer 1938-1987, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, <a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>, Oakland, Florida.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Lake Apopka, Florida
Public Health Service, Atlanta, Georgia
Florida Game and Fresh Water Commission, Tallahassee, Florida
Lake Apopka, Florida Fish Kill Report by Eugene W. Surber
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Winter Garden (Fla.)
Oakland (Fla.)
Zellwood (Fla.)
Water quality--Florida
Water conservation
Pesticides--United States
Fishing--Florida
DDT (Insecticide)
Insecticides--United States
Pollution--Florida
A report by Eugene W. Surber on the May 1963 Lake Apopka Fish Kill. Surber describes his visit to Lake Apopka, Florida, and examines samples of dead and dying fish recovered from the lake. It is estimated that roughly 3 millions pounds of fish were killed in May 1963. Surber interviews several locals regarding aerial spraying of pesticide and its correlation to the Apopka fish kills. He concludes that pesticide the most likely cause of the fish kills, due to the extremely fast and intermittent nature of the kills.
Surber, E. W.
Photocopy of original 5-page typewritten report: binder 1963, drawer 1938-1987, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, <a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>, Oakland, Florida.
Aquatic Biology Section, Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Lake Apopka, Florida
Zellwood, Florida
Winter Garden, Florida
Oakland, Florida