Ranchers here say their cattle, fish and horses are dying and getting sick because of a fertilizer spread on nearby farmland. Rancher Tony Coleman’s cattle roam 300 acres just outside Grandview. He said what was found on his land has turned it toxic.
Late last year, he contacted Johnson County Constable Detective Dana Ames. She headed out to the ranch to check it out.
She recently presented her findings to the Johnson County Commissioners Court. “The contamination that has occurred on our victims’ properties is pervasive,” she told commissioners in her presentation. This is what she and scientists with a group called Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, say happened. It all started at the facility used by the city of Fort Worth to treat its wastewater.
