Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Monday called for a stay on imposing the federal court order limiting the spread of poultry litter in the IllinoisRiver watershed and appointing a special master to oversee cleanup of the river ... .
A federal judge late Friday ordered some of the nation’s largest poultry companies to pay for the cleanup of the IllinoisRiver watershed and limit the amount of bird waste that can be applied to land in the region ... .
The judge's order includes an injunction limiting the use of poultry waste as fertilizer, $350,000 in penalties and a special master to oversee a phased, 30-year cleanup of the eastern Oklahoma watershed ... .
A Tulsa-based federal judge overseeing a two-decades-old lawsuit has held major poultry corporations financially responsible for phosphorus pollution in the IllinoisRiver watershed ... River watershed.
American coots, mallards and great blue herons dart around a shallow lake peppered with the flowers of the American lotus and flanked by the IllinoisRiver... “That essentially killed the Illinois River,” Smith said.
Oklahoma's governor wants to settle the federal lawsuit over pollution of the IllinoisRiver, saying his state's attorney general and the defendant Northwest Arkansas poultry companies are at an impasse, according to a court motion filed Friday ... .
The IllinoisRiver stands to be even more of a major recreation destination as Northwest Arkansas inches toward 1 million residents expected by 2050 ... .
TAHLEQUAH — Music, community and the quiet rhythm of the IllinoisRiver converged last weekend as the Illinois River Jam returned to SparrowhawkMountain, filling three nights with song and stories under the stars ... .