On a canoe trip down a river near my hometown, my brother and I encountered something that to this day still upsets me. On a remote stretch, a farmer had strung electrified fence across the river.The worst part was not that he had obstructed navigation and we had to worm our way under the fence. No, the worst was that he was treating the river as part of his pasture. Cows could cross back and forth freely, surely at times dumping pies and urine in the water.I think of this whenever the topic of phosphorus pollution comes up, as it
Of (Sacred) Cows And Phosphorus
It’s time to embrace the fact that point sources are no longer the biggest contributors to nutrients in our waterways – and to start acting accordingly.
May 19, 2014
| by Ted J. Rulseh, Editor |
