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Watershed projects throughout South Dakota improve water quality and soil health

from Aberdeen News

Watershed projects throughout South Dakota improve water quality and soil health Aberdeen News Private landowners play a critical role in caring for South Dakota's nearly 100 thousand miles of streams and rivers explains Kris Dozark, an environmental scientist with the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (SD DENR). Some examples of practices that help to improve water quality include the implementation of riparian buffers and grass waterways to reduce field sediment and nutrient run-off, preventing animal waste from entering waterways, grassland management practices, as well as various practices which help to increase infiltration rates. READ MORE

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