A draft of a new Iowa Administrative Code Chapter 65 released in September required new CAFOs near karst terrain to have a greater barrier between manure basins and the porous soil common in northeast Iowa. But the version the DNR sent to the Environmental Protection Commission in mid-November did not include that provision.
POET, the world’s largest ethanol producer, has agreed to pay a nearly $90,000 fine to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for releasing pollution into the air at its plant in Menlo, in western Iowa.
Most of the confirmations this fall have been in mixed species backyard flocks or in relatively small poultry operations. But two incidents, both in November, make up the majority of the birds that have been euthanized to slow the spread of the virus.
The Mississippi River is one of the world's great rivers, but it seems to carry less reverence than other iconic water bodies across the country, an attitude with serious consequences. River advocates are finding their own ways to help people connect.