Neighbors in Cecil County say they are fed up with a local farm owner they blame for contaminating nearby waterways.
The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) says manure runoff from Kilby Farm on Firetower Road in Colora caused a massive fish kill in Basin Run, killing nearly 11,000 fish across 25 species.
The state says the farm’s owners were ordered by a court to clean up the property but have failed to comply. Now, MDE is asking a judge to hold the farm’s owner and operator, Hartland Holdings LLC, in contempt.
Prior problems with Kilby Farm
The state says the owners took over the property in 2017 and dramatically increased the number of cattle by 2021…