Poultry industry still refuses to abide by judge’s ruling in Illinois River Watershed case

It’s been 25 years since Oklahoma first began its pursuit of reform and resolution in the arduous legal quagmire that seeks to hold the poultry industry liable for polluting the Illinois River Watershed — including the Illinois River and Lake Tenkiller — as well as forcing poultry companies to shoulder responsibility for cleanup and restoration of the affected runoff areas along with the waterways. But legal wrangling — fortified by stall tactics and litigious delays — by the poultry i...