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SALISBURY, Md., Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Waterkeeper Alliance, the Assateague Coastal Trust, and the University of Maryland Environmental Law Clinic have lost their lawsuit claiming a Maryland farm family violated the Clean Water Act and that the company that contracts with them to raise chickens controls the farm. Judge William M. Nickerson of the U.S. District Court in Baltimore, Md. has ruled against the plaintiffs, saying they did not prove their case against Perdue...
WILLARDS, Md., Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A federal judge in Baltimore, Md., has ruled against out-of-state environmental activists in a case against fourth generation family farmers brought by the New York-based Waterkeeper Alliance, alleging their chicken farm violated the Clean Water Act. SaveFarmFamilies.org applauds the judge's decision, and calls on Judge Nickerson to award legal costs to the Hudsons and to Perdue Farms, which was also named in the suit. In addition, the...
With Perdue Factory Farm Failing to Respond, Assateague Coastkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance Sue Hudson Farm and Perdue for Violating Clean Water Act OCEAN CITY, Md., March 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Assateague Coastkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in the federal District Court of Maryland, against Alan and Kristin Hudson Farm - a Perdue-contract chicken factory farm in Berlin, MD - and Perdue Farms, Inc., for illegal discharges of harmful...
By Scott Harper, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Jul. 30--RICHMOND It took nearly a year to draft, but state officials presented a plan Tuesday to better protect water quality on Virginia's Eastern Shore -- as well as the many clam and oyster farms that demand clean water to survive. Clam farming, especially, has become a major economic force on the Eastern Shore and now ranks as the wealthiest such industry in the nation, generating more than $50 million per year in sales. But farmers...
CHESAPEAKE CITY, Md. -- It's a gravelly, trash-strewn path along the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal in Cecil County, but plans are in the works to spend $18 million turning this waterside road into a biking and hiking path to draw tourists looking to enjoy nature.No longer is tourism on the Eastern Shore just a matter of beachgoers in the summer. Cycling, kayaking, bird watching and other outdoors pursuits have become an important slice of the industry in the last decade. Across the shore,...
