The nonprofit Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement is vowing to watch Iowa livestock farmers' moves this winter when it comes to manure spreading. The group wants to make sure the fish-killing byproduct doesn't run into streams. It's been a hot issue for awhile. Environmentalists and some regulators wanted to ban farmers from spreading manure on frozen or snow-covered ground. A state panel moved to do that, and new rules take effect today. But the state decided to let farmers continue emergency applications, with approval, over the next five years. The citizens' group has fought to prevent winter spreading of the wastes because the frozen conditions can lead to runoff, which increases ammonia levels and harms fish.
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