Passage of time, failed mediation doesn’t make Illinois River lawsuit moot, Oklahoma officials say

Farms’ practices said unchanged

November 11, 2023 at 7:27 a.m.

by Ron Wood

The Illinois River feeds into the the WOKA Whitewater Park in Watts, Okla., in this Sept. 15, 2023 file photo. The park is located about a mile downstream from Oklahoma's border with Arkansas. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Charlie Kaijo)
The Illinois River feeds into the the WOKA Whitewater Park in Watts, Okla., in this Sept. 15, 2023 file photo. The park is located about a mile downstream from Oklahoma's border with Arkansas. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Charlie Kaijo)


FAYETTEVILLE -- Oklahoma officials say a federal lawsuit claiming poultry companies pollute the Illinois River shouldn't be dismissed just because mediation failed and the case has languished.

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