A massive mound of horse manure may have been leaching contaminants into Fern Ridge Reservoir for the last seven years, according to a lawsuit filed by the Oregon Department of
The state of Oregon is asking a judge to step in to stop a rural Eugene horse boarding farm from adding to a “manure pile” that state officials say is “hundreds of thousands of …
Lakeview Stables has been adding horse manure and other waste to the pile for at least the past seven years since state regulators first contacted the business, according to the lawsuit.
Horses take in the sun at Lakeview Stables on Turkey Valley Road in Frankstown Township recently. Today’s forecast calls for rain with temperatures steady in the lower 40s. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski