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Residents urge Becker County to strengthen rules to protect wells and lakes from CAFO runoff
Summary
Multiple residents used the open forum to ask commissioners to revisit county language and planning around Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, citing local groundwater and lake water concerns and asking the county to tighten ordinance language to prevent pollution.
Several residents and local advocates told the Becker County Board of Commissioners during the meeting’s public-comment period that the county should tighten its rules for large animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to better protect groundwater and lakes.
Erica Gilsdorf, of Detroit Lakes, said the group speaking on the topic was not "attacking farmers" but was asking the county to create an ordinance that prevents unintended harm from CAFOs and protects…
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