Best Management Practices Improve Water Quality on the Point Reyes Peninsula (U.S. National Park Service)
Best Management Practices Improve Water Quality on the Point Reyes Peninsula (U.S. National Park Service).
Dairy and cattle ranching can contaminate streams with fecal indicator bacteria like E. coli. Such bacteria can harm human and ecosystem health. But changing ranching practices can dramatically reduce this risk.
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- Web Site
- Date of Issue
- 2026-09-30
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- SFAN
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- bacteria, blog, Cattle, E. coli, fecal coliform, grazing, management actions, Marin County, PCSLC, Point reyes, ranches, Ranching, research, San Francisco Bay Area, science, SFAN, streams, water quality, watersheds
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- Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal