
Environmental Groups Call For More Action To Protect Wisconsin`s Water
Agricultural Industry, Environmental Groups Support New Standards For Manure Spreading... ...The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will be revising state standards for manure spreading in geographic areas prone to water contamination. Both agricultural and environmental groups said they support a scope statement for the revision approved by the state Natural Resources Board on Wednesday. But some conservation groups feel the scope of the changes is too narrow and doesn’t provide enough revision for concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. "Unfortunately, I think the problem is much bigger and we still have a lot of work to do to revise the CAFO rules and regulations that apply statewide," said Elizabeth Wheeler, senior staff attorney for Clean Wisconsin. "There are a lot of areas in the state that continue to be plagued with water quality issues and those will not be addressed by this rulemaking." A DNR representative told board members that officials had removed CAFO rule revisions from the scope statement in order to develop and approve changes more quickly. Paul Zimmerman, executive director of governmental relations for the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, agrees with removing the CAFO rule.... http://www.sierraclub.org/michigan/cafo-facts ...more Ken Notes: This is huge, I like farmers, and farms, and cheese, and a rare rib eye - but CAFO`s are different, they are large cities in rural areas with rules designed for yesterdays dairy farms. We have now way of holding today`s politicians responsible for tomorrows problems and for the record this should NOT be a political issue. Our DNR should advocate for our grandchildren not their potential funding levels. We have a problem that is larger than we know. This is also NOT a finger pointing opportunity because if we do not accomplish change that works we all lose. I am a conservative enviro-businessman that believes growth and new development is good for Wisconsin. But if we have new challenges we need to rise up to find solutions. At 165 degrees manure turns to fertilizer bellow that it is waste...
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Environmental Groups Call For More Action To Protect Wisconsin`s Water

Agricultural Industry, Environmental Groups Support New Standards For Manure Spreading...

...The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will be revising state standards for manure spreading in geographic areas prone to water contamination.

Both agricultural and environmental groups said they support a scope statement for the revision approved by the state Natural Resources Board on Wednesday. But some conservation groups feel the scope of the changes is too narrow and doesn’t provide enough revision for concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs.

"Unfortunately, I think the problem is much bigger and we still have a lot of work to do to revise the CAFO rules and regulations that apply statewide," said Elizabeth Wheeler, senior staff attorney for Clean Wisconsin. "There are a lot of areas in the state that continue to be plagued with water quality issues and those will not be addressed by this rulemaking."

A DNR representative told board members that officials had removed CAFO rule revisions from the scope statement in order to develop and approve changes more quickly.

Paul Zimmerman, executive director of governmental relations for the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, agrees with removing the CAFO rule....

http://www.sierraclub.org/michigan/cafo-facts

...more

Ken Notes: This is huge, I like farmers, and farms, and cheese, and a rare rib eye - but CAFO`s are different, they are large cities in rural areas with rules designed for yesterdays dairy farms. We have now way of holding today`s politicians responsible for tomorrows problems and for the record this should NOT be a political issue. Our DNR should advocate for our grandchildren not their potential funding levels. We have a problem that is larger than we know. This is also NOT a finger pointing opportunity because if we do not accomplish change that works we all lose. I am a conservative enviro-businessman that believes growth and new development is good for Wisconsin. But if we have new challenges we need to rise up to find solutions. At 165 degrees manure turns to fertilizer bellow that it is waste...

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