Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Agriculture is causing contention!
This is a hoot! We can’t imagine why people are getting a mite annoyed with pollution caused by livestock factories in Cayuga County. CAFO criminals don’t respond to polite requests and everyone knows the government is ignoring neighbor’s complaints about water pollution from runoff.
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
“Sharon Anderson stated that the project with the Community Dispute Resolution Center to begin a consensus building process to resolve issues related to pollution in Salmon Creek and Cayuga Lake is underway. This process is partially funded by the New York State Agriculture Mediation Program. She made a proposal to the group that to further this process that the WQMA provide some funds to show local support. Bruce Natale stated that the issues with agriculture in that area is getting contentious and it is getting to the point where there is a need for dispute resolution. Jim Young stated that it might be a good model to use elsewhere in the County and Steve Lynch stated that a good model could help the County with these issues.”
from Meeting Minutes of the Cayuga County Water Quality Management Agency 2/7/08