Background and Disclaimer: I’ve been working for seven years to protect Clayton County’s environment from an industrial mega-feedlot near Monona. This animal feeding operation is especially problematic because its 39-million-gallon manure storage basin and six buildings, housing up to 11,600 cattle, sit at the headwaters of Bloody Run Creek, a trout stream that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has classified an Outstanding Iowa Water.
Larry again captured the utter resistance of Supreme Beef to assume any responsibility, short or long term for its impact on humans and the environment. Iowans owe multiple debts of gratitude to Larry, Steve Veysey, Jim Larew, Chris Jones and others.
Thanks Larry, for continuing the fight, for clean water and for the trout in beautiful Bloody Run. Why anyone would risk the possibility of contaminating that water and the drinking water of those homeowners nearby absolutely boggles the mind. I am disheartened by the DNR's position that it is absolved of responsibility and the legislature's continued disregard of this important issue. Keep up the righteous fight, Larry.
Larry you have worked hard over the years as a defender of Clayton County and Iowa. I hope that others will understand the significance of your advocacy. It's hard to click on the heart like button - I do not like the behavior that you expose in this substack.
Thanks for this post. I've got a question not directly related to the issue of irresponsible CAFOs...
Do you know the origin of the name Bloody Run? I'm asking because there's a "Blood Run" creek in northwest IA, in Lyon County. There's an interesting symmetry. You've got the Effigy Mounds National Monument overlooking the Mississippi Valley near Bloody Run and we've got the mound complex in the Blood Run National Historic Landmark overlooking the Big Sioux River valley. Thanks for any help you can give on the source of the name Bloody Run.
Larry again captured the utter resistance of Supreme Beef to assume any responsibility, short or long term for its impact on humans and the environment. Iowans owe multiple debts of gratitude to Larry, Steve Veysey, Jim Larew, Chris Jones and others.
Thanks Larry, for continuing the fight, for clean water and for the trout in beautiful Bloody Run. Why anyone would risk the possibility of contaminating that water and the drinking water of those homeowners nearby absolutely boggles the mind. I am disheartened by the DNR's position that it is absolved of responsibility and the legislature's continued disregard of this important issue. Keep up the righteous fight, Larry.
Larry you have worked hard over the years as a defender of Clayton County and Iowa. I hope that others will understand the significance of your advocacy. It's hard to click on the heart like button - I do not like the behavior that you expose in this substack.
Thanks for this post. I've got a question not directly related to the issue of irresponsible CAFOs...
Do you know the origin of the name Bloody Run? I'm asking because there's a "Blood Run" creek in northwest IA, in Lyon County. There's an interesting symmetry. You've got the Effigy Mounds National Monument overlooking the Mississippi Valley near Bloody Run and we've got the mound complex in the Blood Run National Historic Landmark overlooking the Big Sioux River valley. Thanks for any help you can give on the source of the name Bloody Run.