PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is investigating a chemical spill from a local manufacturing facility that it says likely caused the deaths of a large number of fish and other aquatic animals in Johnson Creek in September.
The investigation follows reports to DEQ of foamy discharge and dead fish near the Springwater Corridor Trail along Johnson Creek on Sept. 18.
Investigators from DEQ and other agencies later confirmed finding multiple dead fish and aquatic life along a one-to-two-mile stretch of the creek…