When Two Worlds Collide: The Fish-Meets-Manure Experience
2006
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Project Media
2005 was a year when the worlds of fisheries and agriculture met too frequently under less than ideal conditions. The delivery of animal waste to the ground and surface water resources of the state resulted in widespread impacts to the public trust. These impacts included private drinking water contamination, fish kills, and chronic effects that impair habitat, recreation, aesthetics, and systemic health of public resources.