Black Hawk County adopts construction evaluation resolution to weigh in on DNR feedlot permits; supervisors note limits of local power The board adopted a construction evaluation resolution under Iowa Code 459.304(3) allowing the county to submit recommendations to the Department of Natural Resources on confinement feed operation permits; supervisors underscored that final approval rests with the state.

Black Hawk County has taken a bold step to influence feedlot permits, but will their local voice be enough against state authority?

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