A barge motors down the lower Susquehanna River Wednesday March 21, 2001 near Havre de Grace, Md. A federal report found the river carries a major portion of the nutrients nitrogen and phosphorous that are blamed for damaging the water …
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Updated: Tuesday, 15 Sep 2009, 7:43 AM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 15 Sep 2009, 7:43 AM EDT
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is working with farmers in Rockingham County to reduce water pollution from agricultural runoff.
A $100,000 federal grant will allow the foundation, local conservation officials and a private farm consultant to work with farmers near the Lower Dry River, Muddy Creek and Cooks Creek to fence livestock out of streams, plant streamside tree and grass buffers and restore wetlands.
The bay tributaries are home to numerous cattle, dairy and poultry farms. Each is considered impaired by bacteria or nutrients.
Reduction of agricultural runoff is a key goal of the federal-state bay cleanup effort. Nutrient and sediment pollution can cloud the water and create damaging algal blooms and oxygen-starved areas.
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