Fecal coliform runoff from two grazed watersheds on a reclaimed surface coal mine in southern West Virginia (central Appalachia) was evaluated during the 1984 and 1985 grazing season. The slopes of watershed 1 and 2 ranged were 3 to 3.5% respectively. The site was grazed by seven cattle beginning in June and continued until forage stubble height was 3 to 5 cm and any of the three pastures grazed simultaneously. Following each runoff event from before grazing was initiated until after cattle grazing concluded in 1985, 2 water samples were collected from a holding tank and transported to the laboratory within an hour for analysis.
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