Wisconsin regulators investigating manure spill that caused mile-long fish kill

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https://apnews.com/article/manure-spill-fish-kill-wisconsin-farm-f936ec14fb4bd9df7332c2972142f2cf

Wisconsin regulators investigating manure spill that caused mile-long fish kill

Updated 5:04 PM EDT, May 21, 2024

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A manure spill in southern Wisconsin has resulted in a fish kill stretching more than a mile, state environmental regulators said Tuesday.

An angler reported the fish kill in Moore Creek in Monroe County on Saturday, state Department of Natural Resources officials said.

The DNR traced the kill to a manure spill at a dairy farm east of Norwalk. They said the farm’s manure transfer system failed but did not elaborate. They did not identify the farm, saying an investigation is ongoing.

The spill affected at least 1.2 miles (1.9 kilometers) of Moore Creek and an adjacent tributary. DNR officials said they didn’t have an estimate of how much manure has been spilled but drinking water supplies shouldn’t be affected.

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1. While I appreciate the giant farms finding ways to move manure without using vehicles on the road...

using transfer pumps and hose through culverts all over the place is bound to end up causing an unnoticed spill, or at least a spill a farmer tries to ignore because time and staff.

I hope they get a huge fine for this. Too many think they don't need to take care where they spread their manure. I say this as someone who comes from farming families and who married into one.