March 30, 2019 Travel way back with ECCSCM, to our Stench Alert post for May 19, 2018 of the Van Brunt/Halliwill/New Flevo manure heap on Forrister Rd. (Hazen Creek, S. Branch/Raisin). No containment, manure heaped up in big piles, every … Continue Reading…
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March 30, 2019 On January 17, 2019, Bakerlads deposited stockpiles of manure on ground that was frozen to a depth of at least 2”, when there was a high risk of runoff according to Michigan’s Enviro Impact Tool. Manure was … Continue Reading…
Runoff can kill fish, degrade water quality for drinking and recreation Spring flooding is causing problems for western Iowa animal feeding operations, with overflowing manure lagoons reported at eight northwest Iowa feedlots and farmers telling of other challenges, including difficulty … Continue Reading…
MLive, March 21, 2019 FREEPORT, MI — Aaron Snell was working to clear a log jam on the Coldwater River when he noticed the water turn murky, “really murky,” he said, “unusually so.” He traveled about four miles upstream and … Continue Reading…
Destroying Lake ErieJack Lessenberry Michigan Radio, WUOM “You might remember two years ago, when people in Toledo couldn’t drink the water for a couple days because it had been poisoned by toxic cyanobacteria in Lake Erie. That was terrifying, and … Continue Reading…