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The Iowa Trout Stream at the Center of a Feedlot Fight

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In 2017, Larry Stone heard whispers about construction taking place near his home in Clayton County, Iowa. Under the initial biodigester plan, the DNR permitted Walz Energy as an industrial wastewater treatment facility. During that construction, they created and received permitting for an industrial wastewater treatment lagoon.

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Fighting the Corporate CAFO ‘Takeover’ of Rural America

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By then, there were already 10 CAFOs within a 3-mile radius of their 760-acre farm, so they knew the stench the facility would bring. For example, she describes how the agricultural industry backed state Right to Farm laws that limit residents’ ability to file nuisance actions against CAFOs once they’re up and running.

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