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Residents, council member raise wetlands, avian flu and county-council rules at public comment
Summary
Public commenters urged protections for local wetlands and criticized proposed county-council procedural rules; speakers cited research on amphibian declines and recent avian influenza outbreaks and questioned Amazon’s siting decisions for a data center near New Carlisle.
Several residents and an on-duty county council member used the public-comment period at the March 11 St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners meeting to raise environmental concerns and a procedural issue at the county council.
Deb Dural of German Township told commissioners she had provided a packet connecting habitat loss to amphibian declines and noted research she said shows a roughly 40% decline in amphibians. She also cited recent reporting on an avian influenza outbreak affecting commercial poultry in Indiana and said local farmers who use pastured or organic methods — including Hebron Farms — had not reported infections, which she presented as an example…
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