Conserving Our Watersheds 2017-05

post-implementation

Project #2017-05: Nicasio Riparian Fence Project is part of the Conserving Our Watersheds Program that assists landowners with stewardship activities to improve water quality and habitat. The project installed a permanent barb wire fence along a long stretch of a tributary to the Nicasio Reservoir. The fence will exclude livestock from the creek, thus decreasing the potential pathogen concentrations entering the water way, relieving foot traffic from the banks, and reducing herbivore pressure on the riparian vegetation. The landowners have secured additional funds to plant the corridor to further enhance the wildlife habitat value of this stretch of creek.

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