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    The Clean Water Act Just Turned 50. How Is It Doing?
    Diane Rosenberg
    • May 4
    • 5 min

    The Clean Water Act Just Turned 50. How Is It Doing?

    by Diane Rosenberg, JFAN Executive Director Fifty years ago it became crystal clear that American’s waterways were in dire straits. Fires...
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    Iowa: The Land of 751 Polluted Waterways
    Diane Rosenberg
    • Mar 21
    • 5 min

    Iowa: The Land of 751 Polluted Waterways

    JFAN's in-depth analysis of the 2022 DNR Impaired Waters list.
    106 views
    April 3 - Dr. Chris Jones on the Factory Farming/Water Pollution Connection
    Diane Rosenberg
    • Mar 31, 2019
    • 2 min

    April 3 - Dr. Chris Jones on the Factory Farming/Water Pollution Connection

    Our Water At Risk Wednesday, April 3 at 7:30 pm Fairfield Public Library Free - donations welcome Iowa has some of the dirtiest waters in...
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    Let's Have Jefferson County Adopt a Resolution Calling for a Factory Farm Moratorium
    Diane Rosenberg
    • Apr 1, 2017
    • 2 min

    Let's Have Jefferson County Adopt a Resolution Calling for a Factory Farm Moratorium

    Since November, seven Iowa counties have either passed resolutions or written letters to the state legislature calling for a factory farm...
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    Put Moratorium on CAFOs: JFAN Letter to the Editor in Fairfield Ledger
    Diane Rosenberg | President and Executive Director
    • Mar 30, 2017
    • 2 min

    Put Moratorium on CAFOs: JFAN Letter to the Editor in Fairfield Ledger

    Webster, Allamakee, Winneshiek, Pocahontas, Dickinson and Buchanan*: What do these six counties have in common? Their recent call for a...
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    “Why We Need a CAFO Moratorium”

Keynote Bill Stowe at the 2016 JFAN Annual Meeting
    Diane Rosenberg
    • Sep 10, 2016
    • 3 min

    “Why We Need a CAFO Moratorium” Keynote Bill Stowe at the 2016 JFAN Annual Meeting

    Iowa has over 9,000 factory farms confining the vast majority of 20 million Iowa hogs and a record 754 water impairments, and those numbers
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    Diane Rosenberg
    • Nov 23, 2013
    • 4 min

    Coalition Notifies Iowa Factory Farm of Intent to File Clean Water Act Lawsuit over Repeated Manure

    The sow facility, located in Van Buren County, Iowa near the Des Moines River, is one of the largest factory farms in Iowa, and annually pro
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    Diane Rosenberg
    • Aug 1, 2007
    • 1 min

    Area Violations

    Runoff Fouls Stream after Field Application Manure runoff polluted an unnamed tributary of Stump Creek near Batavia in May according to a...
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