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Soup giant Campbell’s sued over Lake Erie pollution plague

The U.S. Department of Justice and environmental groups filed two lawsuits against Campbell accusing the soup giant of polluting Lake Erie.
Both lawsuits were filed in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Ohio hours apart alleging similar complaints that Campbell’s manufacturing plant in Napoleon, Ohio, has allowed wastewater and pollutants to flow unchecked into the Maumee River, which flows into Lake Erie, for years, CBS News reported.

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Nominees sought for $10,000 conservation honor as Leopold Conservation Award comes to Minnesota

A prestigious award program that celebrates voluntary conservation efforts on farms and forestland is coming to Minnesota.
The Leopold Conservation Award® honors farmers and forestland owners who go above and beyond in their management of soil health, water quality and wildlife habitat on working land.

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Hunter-reported harvest thought to be a coyote in Michigan’s Calhoun County was a gray wolf

A Michigan hunter reported that he harvested a large animal in Calhoun County in January during a legal coyote hunt. On Wednesday, April 3, the Michigan DNR said in a release that subsequent genetic tests revealed the animal to be a gray wolf.
Calhoun County is located in southern Michigan. The state’s known wolf population is located in the Upper Peninsula.

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Illinois Mixed Bag: Spring trout fishing opens April 6

The 2024 Illinois spring trout fishing season will open April 6 at 58 ponds, lakes, and streams throughout the state.
DNR stocks more than 80,000 rainbow trout each year in bodies of water where trout fishing is permitted during the spring season. An additional 80,000 trout will be stocked for the fall trout season, which begins in October.

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New York Mixed Bag: Orange County District Attorney’s youth fishing derby now underway

Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler’s office has launched the fourth annual Youth Fishing Derby, which runs from April 1 to Sept. 2. The theme of “get hooked on fishing, not drugs” continues and the derby is open to youth ages 4-18 who are children or grandchildren of Orange County residents.

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Iowa fertilizer spill in Montgomery County killed more than 749,000 fish

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced on Thursday that the fertilizer spill near Red Oak in Montgomery County, Iowa, earlier this month killed nearly all the fish in an almost 50-mile stretch of the East Nishnabotna River to the Missouri border. 
On March 11, NEW Cooperative, Inc. in Red Oak notified the Iowa DNR of a release occurring on-site. Approximately 1,500 tons (265,000 gallons) of liquid nitrogen fertilizer (32% solution) discharged into a drainage ditch, then into the East Nishnabotna River. The release occurred due to an aboveground storage tank valve left open for the weekend. 

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