(Grants Pass, OR) -- A dairy farm near Grants Pass has been fined 25-thousand dollars for illegally discharging cow manure into a nearby creek. Noble Family Fairy had 130 more cows than their permit allowed. The unexpected volume overwhelmed manure lagoons. They applied liquid manure to their fields, and flooding caused a collection trench to fail, sending manure into Caris Creek and eventually the Applegate River. The farm pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Water Act.