DUBUQUE COUNTY, IOWA – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources investigated a fish kill July 5 through 7 in and near the east side of White Pine Hollow State Preserve in the northwest corner of Dubuque County.
DNR found a cattle feedlot located near Luxemburg was the source of manure runoff into an unnamed tributary of White Pine Hollow creek.
The owners of the cattle feedlot, James Schieltz and Joseph Schieltz, cooperated with the DNR investigation. They cleaned up the manure spill and stopped any further manure flow into the creek.
DNR fisheries staff counted about 1,300 dead fish along two miles of stream, including darters, suckers, creek chubs and trout. Many fish could not be identified due to decay.
DNR staff will monitor cleanup activities and will consider appropriate enforcement action including fish restitution.
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DNR -darn -near – right – we even have taxpayers pay for manure drainage ditches that drain manure in to aquifers and your drinking water Trust us – we will take care of you -one way or another..
Whole damn state is poison – pesticides -manure – crooked elected officials.
Farmers poisoning the water again.
Ok, you are on to us farmers, we have super secret meetings just so we can deliberately plan these events and do this to everyone. (Insert Sarcasm). And then we laugh at you urbanites as your water discharged from your sanitary systems are dumping water that is also polluted into the rivers and streams. Poisoning them every time there is a major, extreme weather event where your sanitary managers get “special permits” from the DNR to do so. When you urbanites start drinking the water discharged from your own sewage plants than you might earn some respect. LOL
Farmers have been doing this for a long time and it has gotten much worse over the last few years with the large feeding operations, chicken and hog operations. Of course you always have their favorite POET who uses 20 gallons of clean water to make one gallon of gasohol. Of course they pollute the 20 gallons and then put it back in the ground. They also dramatically reduce the water tables as well as burn food. Then they demand that we subsidize them doing this. No sarcasm intended. Just the facts.
you are so out of touch with the facts of the issue it is humorous to blame just specific groups when the real facts would show that everyone is contributing to the concerns of water. If you’re worried about usage of the water than you better have the incorporated municipalities instill bans and fines for misuse of the groundwater like lawn watering, household usages that are excessive and unnecessary. You speak with jealousy in your words, not complete resolution and resolve to the fear you have of groundwater abuse