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WI DNR initiates stricter manure spreading rules

July 18, 2016, Milwaukee, WI – Under pressure from citizens and environmental groups, officials took a step in advancing regulations that would impose stricter controls on manure spreading on Wisconsin’s most vulnerable soils.

The WI Department of Natural Resources released plans for new rules to limit manure use in certain zones where animal waste poses a greater chance of polluting streams and groundwater. READ MORE