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County board learns limits of managing large-scale livestock operations Burnett County, the home of several St. Croix River tributaries, receives recommendations to regulate industrial agriculture. Hog CAFO, North Carolina (Emily Sutton, Haw Riverkeeper|Flickr) Howard Pahl lives in the rural township of Trade Lake, Wisc., which he’s called home since 1978. He’s one of only a few; the 36-square mile township is home to just 823 people. Most of the township and its residents are downwind of a proposed industrial swine facility that has put them on defense. Pahl spoke to the Burnett County ...

Wisconsin environmental and agricultural groups will partner to push for clean water, thriving farms New coalition will advocate for significant policy changes to protect lakes, rivers, and groundwater and support farmers. Farmland in western Wisconsin. (Greg Seitz, St. Croix 360) Four environmental and agricultural groups are coming together to advocate for meaningful state-level policy changes that support clean water and resilient farms. Clean Wisconsin, the Dairy Business Association, The Nature Conservancy in Wisconsin, and Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association announced the ...