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It came as no surprise to the hundreds of thousands of people who live in the Raccoon River watershed that the river was just named one of the most endangered in the country, sacrificed for the benefit of corporate agribusiness and distant shareholders. But we can do something about it by demanding that the federal government do its job.
The Raccoon’s waters are supposed to be part of the public trust waters the state is required to protect for the public’s use. Unfortunately, as our lawsuit last year (Iowa CCI and Food & Water Watch v. State of Iowa) made clear, the state of Iowa has abdicated this responsibility, allowing industrial agriculture to run rampant in the river basin.