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Category: Soundings

Streamside Livestock Exclusion: A tool for increasing farm income and improving water quality

June 17, 2010
Did you know that livestock, like humans, prefer a clean water source and are healthier and more productive when they drink clean water? Virginia producers who have restricted or eliminated livestock access to streams and farm ponds and converted to a clean, alternative water source have observed increased livestock productivity, improved water quality, and restored stream banks on their farms. As a consequence, livestock stream exclusion practices are gaining popularity across Virginia. This publication, produced through the cooperation of Virginia Cooperative Extension and the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, describes the findings, experiences, and successes of individual producers who are limiting livestock stream access.

Take the River Network’s Clean Water Act Course

December 2, 2009
This course is designed to give you options about how to learn about the Clean Water Act based on your interests.The course is meant as a companion to the River Network book, The Clean Water Act: An Owner’s Manual. Course content is structured to help you: isolate specific problems identify possible solutions develop and leverage

Track the Clean Water Restoration Act

November 7, 2009
Here’s a great site to track the progress of the Clean Water Restoration Act: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-787 And here’s a good page on the Myths and Facts of the Act: http://www.cleanwateraction.org/feature/clean-water-restoration-act-2009-myths-and-facts

Flexible Fence: Collaboration Needed

July 30, 2009
Livestock waste is a predominant source of water pollution in streams and rivers running through or near farmland. Central to successful efforts at excluding livestock from streams and waterways  is the concept of flexible (or adaptive) fencing. Livestock waste can cause overloads of fecal coliform bacteria, either by direct discharge, storm runoff or manure spreading.
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