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Fewer monitors in Iowa

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Fewer monitors in Iowa
Budget cuts at the Iowa Department of
Natural Resources will mean fewer field officers will be monitoring the
state’s large-scale livestock operations.

July 6, 2009, Des Moines, IA – Budget cuts at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will mean fewer field officers will be monitoring the state’s large-scale livestock operations.

“Environmental services in the last fiscal year received not quite $8 million of general fund support,” said Wayne Gieselman with the agency's environmental services division. “This year, we will get $1.2 million less.” | READ MORE