Company to pay $270,000 for ‘largest mussel kill in the state’
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A large agricultural company will pay nearly $270,000 in fines and
restoration fees for its June 2020 fertilizer spill that killed hundreds of
fish and clams in a Dubuque pond near the Mississippi River, according to
the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

The majority of that money will be used to replenish the mussel populations
of Bee Branch Pond. Read more
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(Photo by Tom McCarthy)

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*Debbie Neustadt *


*Des Moines, Iowa*

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