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MI groups join protest against manure on snow

April 14, 2014, Lansing, MI – Local environmental groups and the Adrian Dominican Sisters are part of a Great Lakes coalition asking Michigan to prohibit large livestock operations from spreading manure on frozen or snow-covered ground.

The coalition of Great Lakes groups recently called on the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to add a rule against winter manure applications as it revises a general permit for concentrated animal feeding operations. READ MORE