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Company applies for permit to operate ‘hog factory’ in Trade River watershed
Proposal would include tens of thousands of swine in barns, and lots of manure to spread nearby.
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Two Chisago lakes achieve clean water restoration goals
Conservation agency staff work with landowners and community partners to advance positive water quality trends.
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Rural community seeks to control fate in face of large livestock facilities
Township at heart of factory farm focus completes study and considers its options.
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Wisconsin environmental and agricultural groups will partner to push for clean water, thriving farms
New coalition will advocate for significant policy changes to protect lakes, rivers, and groundwater and support farmers.
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Lower St. Croix “One Watershed” plan approved
Two-year partnership between five Minnesota counties results in prioritized projects and new funding opportunities.
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Farmers form growing conservation group in upper St. Croix watershed
Local farmers in northwestern Wisconsin are working together to improve their operations and impacts on lakes and rivers.
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Dairy farm on St. Croix bluff earns Chisago County conservation award
More than a decade of work has helped the family farm reduce runoff into the river.
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St. Croix County requests stronger DNR enforcement of factory farm violations
Officials request “full and quick enforcement” after repeated rule-breaking by Emerald Sky Dairy.
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Wisconsin law would limit local control of large factory farms
Legislators seek to give state agency the power to decide where new livestock facilities are located.
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Factory farm runoff contaminates creek in St. Croix River watershed, killing fish
Manure from CAFO in Willow River region flowed off field where it had been spread.
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