{"id":358,"date":"2011-06-06T09:30:20","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T13:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.environmentalriskmanagers.com\/erm\/?p=358"},"modified":"2011-06-06T09:30:20","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T13:30:20","slug":"improper-manure-runoff-kills-thousands-of-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estrategist.com\/members\/improper-manure-runoff-kills-thousands-of-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Improper manure runoff kills thousands of fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>environmental Strategist, between the lines:<\/strong>  I am often asked to give examples of natural resource damages that would be covered under a pollution policy.  In the example below, if the manure was properly applied and then a storm caused for excessive levels of manure to runoff and cause the fish kill, the cost to replace the fish and other aquatic life would be covered.  There could also be business interruption claims due to the natural resource damages from fishing guides, marinas and other businesses that depend upon the natural resources to generate revenue.  There will most certainly be legal fees for the guilty party, also covered under a pollution policy.<\/p>\n<p>Stormwater runoff is huge and impacts a wide variety of businesses.  Other businesses besides agriculture with environmental liability exposure from storm water runoff include contractors, manufacturers, municipalities, hospitals, educational institutions, landowners, airports, golf courses \/ resorts\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>BY TINA LAM<br \/>\nFREE PRESS STAFF WRITER<br \/>\nThousands and thousands of fish in a 12-mile stretch of the Black River in Sanilac County were killed, along with other aquatic life, after someone improperly spread manure on farm fields, state officials said today. The manure washed into the river during heavy rains. Anglers started reporting dead fish on Monday. \u201cIt\u2019s the biggest fish kill I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d said Gary Towns, fisheries supervisor for the Department of Natural Resources in Southfield. Some of the dead fish were 2 feet long and as much as 10 years old, he said.  He said it would take days to count the dead fish \u2014 at least 18 species, including northern pike, greater redhorse and smallmouth bass \u2014 and years for the river\u2019s fish population to return to what it was before the spill.<\/p>\n<p>The kill extended from about 3 miles south of Croswell to the Port Huron Game Area, he said. \u201cAnglers are calling us to express anger and sadness,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s unacceptable,\u201d said Bob McCann, spokesman for the Department of Environmental Quality, which investigates contamination of surface waters in the state. The DEQ is still trying to find out what happened, but did trace the problem to manure spread on fields, he said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to figure this out and hold whoever is responsible accountable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>environmental Strategist, between the lines: I am often asked to give examples of natural resource damages that would be covered under a pollution policy. In the example below, if the manure was properly applied and then a storm caused for excessive levels of manure to runoff and cause the fish kill, the cost to replace&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/estrategist.com\/members\/improper-manure-runoff-kills-thousands-of-fish\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Improper manure runoff kills thousands of fish<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-risk","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/estrategist.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/estrategist.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/estrategist.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estrategist.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estrategist.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/estrategist.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/estrategist.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estrategist.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estrategist.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}