As Predicted, Huge Dairy Manure Spill Hits WI Waters

I was busy this morning, so had just just finished reading this sent by a friend:

As Dairy Farms Grow Bigger,
New Concerns About Pollution 

Dairy operations in the U.S. are consolidating, with ever-larger numbers of cows concentrated on single farms. In states like Wisconsin, opposition to some large operations is growing after manure spills and improper handling of waste have contaminated waterways and aquifers.

And, literally, a minute later, saw this breaking story at JSonline:

A large Memorial Day manure spill polluted a Fond du Lac County creek and washed into Lake Winnebago, the Department of Natural Resources said Thursday. 

The spill, estimated at 50,000 gallons, killed fish on hundreds of feet in Pipe Creek, about a mile from Lake Winnebago. Dead fish have also been found in the lake, the DNR said... 

The spill occurred in the early morning hours of Memorial Day when a contractor working for Lake Breeze Dairy of Malone began spreading manure from a lagoon that was connected to a long pipe.

But don't worry: The DNR is on the case...the same agency that is green-lighting even bigger dairy operations and their airborne manure spraying.