In other news, Nebraska may not be well-known for it's trout fishing. But we do have several streams in the Long Pine and Fort Robinson areas where trout thrive. One bill, LB 822 was designed to protect those streams from large livestock feedlots. The issue was debated on the floor today, Capitol View's Bill Ganzel was there. If the debate over LB822 is any indication, there has been a power shift on the floor of the legislature this year over environmental issues.
Rural senators are much more assertive.
This morning, the former chair of the Natural Resources committee, Chris Beutler, tried to make both large and small changes to the bill. For most of the morning, he failed. This is not intended to be an earth-shaking amendment. If this amendment would get on, DEQ could effect my area. It could effect everyone's area.