The Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A New York-based environmental group that sued Perdue Farms and an Eastern Shore contract grower has said it won’t appeal a federal judge’s ruling in an alleged poultry pollution case. The Waterkeeper Alliance said in a statement that while the group believes it presented compelling evidence, it won’t appeal U.S. District Judge William Nickerson’s ruling in a case that had broad implications for the state’s poultry industry. “Given the high burden appellate courts impose for reversing a district court’s findings of fact, Waterkeeper Alliance will. . .

