January 9 – 15, 2022 Same story, different day. CAFOs’ way of saying “Crappy New Year!” Applying CAFO waste on frozen, snow-covered, or saturated ground is one of the worst possible practices because of the potential danger to surface water. … Continue Reading…
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Michigan Surface Waters at Risk – 2020 Michigan NPDES CAFO Permit Revisions Threatened Livestock waste in Michigan’s surface water makes our inland lakes, streams, and our Great Lakes undrinkable and unsafe for recreation. Pathogens and parasites in livestock manure make … Continue Reading…
November 18, 2019 Up here in the Western Lake Erie Basin tributaries, we’re finally starting to get rid of last week’s 8” of snow. Sun is out, temps are finally above freezing, it’s thawing. Slushy snow, saturated ground everywhere. Then … Continue Reading…
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…
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…