BISMARCK — An international organization that seeks to protect water quality in the Red River will conduct a review of two large dairy projects underway in North Dakota.

The provincial government of Manitoba announced in a news release that the International Joint Commission has directed its International Red River Watershed Board to review information and permits related to the dairy operations.

Minnesota-based Riverview LLP plans to build two milking operations near the Red River, which flows north into Canada and Lake Winnipeg — the Herberg Dairy in Traill County with 25,000 cows and the Abercrombie Dairy in Richland County with 12,500 cows.

Both dairies have received permits from the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality. That agency considers issues such as protecting gr

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