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- Library Collection RecordEffects of streambank fencing on reptile and amphibian species richness, abundance, and biomass were investigated within and around the Pike Run watershed of southwestern Pennsylvania. This was done…Publication Date 1969
- biomass
- livestock
- vegetation
- water quality
- abundance
- amphibian
- herpetofauna
- macroinvertebrate
- reptile
- riparian areas
- species richness
- streambank fencing
- Library Collection RecordReduction of amphibian populations was investigated by looking at 40 ponds in the agricultural region of southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa, and southwestern Wisconsin to determine what…Publication Date 1969
- agriculture
- fish
- landscape
- nitrogen
- water quality
- agricultural pond
- amphibian
- Driftless Area Ecoregion
- farm pond
- habitat management
- livestock grazing
- stock pond
- Library Collection RecordAntibiotics resistance in fecal streptococci was used to identify sources of fecal pollution in a rural Virginia watershed. A database of fecal streptococcus isolates was established from known human…Publication Date 1969
- water quality
- bacteria
- fencing
- fecal coliform
- nonpoint source pollution
- pollution source identification
- Library Collection RecordA rainfall simulation study was conducted adjacent to Sheep Creek in the Roosevelt National Forest, 80 km northwest of Ft. Collins, Colorado. A rotating boom rainfall simulator was used to evaluate…Publication Date 1969
- Filtration
- water quality
- Nutrient Balance
- buffer strips
- non-point source pollution
- Library Collection RecordOver nearly three years runoff from four Northwest Arkansas (36Ëš 00’ N; 94Ëš 25’ W) pasture fields was collected and analyzed for fecal coliform (FC) and fecal streptococcus (FS),…Publication Date 1969
- cattle
- runoff
- water quality
- fecal coliform
- fecal streptococcus
- manure
- Library Collection RecordThis scientific opinion paper focuses on the need for riparian buffers across the Great Plains and the challenges that remain in wide spread acceptance of this management tool.Publication Date 1969
- guidelines
- management
- water quality
- stream protection
- Library Collection RecordThis review article is a summary of 90 of studies on pertaining to grazing best management practices (BMPs) commonly implemented in the southern humid region of the United States to ascertain effects…Publication Date 1969
- sustainability
- agriculture
- water quality
- best management practices
- environmental impacts
- nonpoint source pollution
- Library Collection RecordAchievable water quality was assessed utilizing studies from the LaPlatte River watershed east of Lake Champlain and the St. Albans Bay watershed 4 km N of Burlington, VT. Vegetation in these areas…Publication Date 1969
- water quality
- eutrophication
- Agricultural watershed
- fecal coliform
- Nutrient Concentrations
- pollutant loads
- stream
- Library Collection RecordThis short project report highlights the efforts of the Zuni Fish and Wildlife Department in developing and implementing a comprehensive program of wetland and riparian restoration. An important and…Publication Date 1969
- water quality
- alien plants
- beaver
- beaver reintroduction
- Castor canadensis
- channelization
- man-made dams
- water cycle
- Zuni Reservation
- Library Collection RecordConcentrations and loadings of fecal coliform (FC) indicator bacteria were measured from 1979 through 1984 in streamflow from 13 forested watersheds in Oregon. Differences among strategies for mean…Publication Date 1969
- water quality
- pollution
- grazing systems
- bacterial water contamination
- non-point source pollution
- Library Collection RecordStrand and Merritt reviewed the evidence of livestock production impacts on riverine ecosystems throughout the United States. Emphasis is placed on examinations of direct responses of aquatic…Publication Date 1969
- insects
- water quality
- habitat alteration
- livestock grazing
- riparian habitat
- riverine ecosystems
- Library Collection RecordStout et al. used experimental data from the northeast U.S. and the literature to assess the relationships between stocking rate and nitrate leaching losses beneath an intensively grazed pasture. A…Publication Date 1969
- leaching
- water quality
- grazing management
- stocking rate
- Nitrate
- Library Collection RecordThis 14-month study looks at installing offstream water sources on two different ranches and the resulting effects on water quality. Results show that cattle preferred to drink from the trough 92%…Publication Date 1969
- water quality
- erosion
- animal behavior
- best management practice (BMP)
- off-stream water source
- Library Collection RecordWater quality, riparian vegetation, and bank stability were measured in pastures that were ungrazed, season-long grazed pastures, and pastures grazed early or late in the year. Bank stability and…Publication Date 1969
- agriculture
- livestock
- water quality
- Algae
- riparian
- Library Collection RecordTen years after livestock grazing exclosures were created, macroinvertebrate populations were sampled to determine the effects of this management on stream quality. The measured water quality and…Publication Date 1969
- water quality
- indicator species
- riparian vegetation
- biotic condition indices
- grazing exclosure
- macroinvertebrate tolerance
- Library Collection RecordOwens et al. measured concentrations and transport of nutrients from a 38-ha, unimproved grassed watershed in east-central Ohio, for 2 years without the presence of livestock, for 3 years with a 17-…Publication Date 1969
- pollution
- water quality
- potassium
- grazing season
- sediment load
- Storm Runoff
- stream degradation
- Library Collection RecordThis review looks at nonpoint source pollution in watersheds caused by cattle excrement, and how rangeland managers must address certain concerns regarding impacts on water quality due to nutrient…Publication Date 1969
- water quality
- watersheds
- management
- cattle excrement
- nonpoint source pollution
- nutrient loading
- pathogen loading
- Library Collection RecordThe authors observed the use of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) as indicators of changes in water quality and stream characteristics, on a section of Black Hills stream in South Dakota. Sampling…Publication Date 1969
- Brook trout
- Salvelinus fontinalis
- water quality
- indicator species
- stream physical characteristics
- watershed alteration
- Library Collection RecordGrazing cattle deposit feces on the landscape that can contain Escherichia coli (E. coli), which can then be transported to water sources and contaminate drinking water supplies. The survival of E.…Publication Date 1969
- water quality
- pathogens
- grazing
- E. coli
- fecal bacteria
- Fecal Contamination
- Library Collection RecordMcInnis and McIver studied the differences in riparian area damage between pastures that provided free-choice, off-stream watering and salt and those that did not. Over the 2-year study, average…Publication Date 1969
- grazing
- water quality
- livestock
- greenline
- off-stream water
- Library Collection RecordThis study looks at the number of defecations by cattle that occur directly in the stream during riparian livestock use during daylight hours. The cattle were observed in August and November. In…Publication Date 1969
- water quality
- Bacterial contamination
- livestock behavior
- livestock defecation
- livestock stream access
- riparian area
- Library Collection RecordTo evaluate streambank fencing as a management tool, for two years Homyack and Giuliano measured the richness, abundance, and biomass of reptile and amphibian species on 10 grazed streams and…Publication Date 1969
- biomass
- livestock
- vegetation
- water quality
- abundance
- amphibian
- herpetofauna
- macroinvertebrate
- reptile
- riparian areas
- species richness
- streambank fencing
- Library Collection RecordGodwin and Miner installed off-stream watering developments to lure livestock away from streams and riparian zones, and analyzed whether those developments were a more cost effective method to reduce…Publication Date 1969
- riparian zones
- water quality
- water quality
- livestock grazing
- manure
- offsite watering
- Library Collection RecordRainfall was simulated on plots for two years in a riparian study that examined runoff in relation to vegetation height. Three vegetation height treatments were evaluated; heavy clipping, moderately…Publication Date 1969
- infiltration
- water quality
- hydrograph
- overland flow
- riparian hydrology
- stubble height