Livestock & Manure Management

For nearly a decade, the Iowa Environmental Council has viewed livestock and manure management issues as a serious concern for air and water quality in Iowa.

 

The information on this page traces the history of our work, and also highlights official statements made by the Council; reinforcing our position that clean air and clean water are necessary for Iowa's environmental health.

 

Information...

• Council summary of the 2002 Livestock Bill (SF2293)
• Livestock waste and water quality: An overview
• Manure management in Iowa (Council booklet prepared for the 2001 legislative session)
• Industrial hog operations pose health risks
• Map of permitted hog confinements in Iowa (as of October 1999)
• A staggering amount of waste: A warning from North Carolina
  Official Statements
• Waste lagoons threaten environment, public health (Council press release, 7/24/01)
• Hog factories bring illness to workers and neighbors
• Iowa Legislators look at bill aimed at reducing the risk from manure spills (3/14/01 Council press release)
• Map of manure spills
• Do better to limit manure pollution (2/15/01 Council editorial)
• Legislators: Strengthen Iowa's manure management laws
• Manure spills causing many fish kills in Iowa (9/20/00 Council press release)
• Five ways we must improve Iowa's manure management laws
• The Council's comments on the USDA-EPA strategy on AFOs [Animal Feeding Operations]
• Preventing pollution from livestock manure
• The Council's statement to the National Environmental Dialogue on Pork Production
• Livestock debate highlights need for water quality protections
• Valuable and vulnerable: Let's keep livestock manure from fouling Iowa 's special places from the Iowa Environment Quarterly (Winter 2000)
• Why we need phosphorus limits for manure management plans
• Protect Iowa's valuable and vulnerable resources from livestock manure
• Permit fees are important to Iowa
• What legislative changes are needed
• Manure: Is it a benefit or a burden (Iowa Environment Quarterly, Winter 2002)
• What's the big deal about phosphorus? (Iowa Environment Quarterly, Winter 2002)
• CAFOs gone wrong: The North Carolina experience (Iowa Environment Quarterly, Winter 2002)
• Permitted livestock facilities map
• Let's Keep Livestock Manure From Fouling Iowa's Special Places (photos of facilities)
• Support responsible manure management