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Why Do Farmers Fence Their Livestock Out of Streams?

Mar 26, 2014

Why do farmers fence their livestock from ponds, streams, and wetlands?  Of the hundreds of farmers I have talked to that have done it these are the top four reasons: 1. They need more water and better water distribution over the farm. 2. To improve herd health and reduce bio-security...

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Atlantic Coast Pipeline . bio-accumulation . calving . cattle . Chesapeake Bay . Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Blueprint . Chesapeake Bay Foundation . chesapeake clean water blueprint . clean water . Clean Water Act . Climate Change . Conservation Reserve Program . contour planting . CREP . DDT . dead zones . Earth Day . Environmental Awareness . EPA . Friends of Middle River . herd health . livestock exclusion . Middle River . native prairie . non-point source water pollution . Northern Bobwhite . pollution . Princess of Swoope . quail . riparian buffer . riparian forest buffer . riparian forest buffers . Shenandoah River . Silent Spring . soil erosion . stream fencing . Stroud Water Research Center . swoope . Swoope almanac . tall fescue . tmdl . water pollution . water quality . watershed . wildlife habitat

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  • 120 Trimbles Mill Rd Swoope, Virginia 24479
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