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Stream Care Tip 7: Get a Grip on Pets


Last Update: 9/04/2008 4:14 pm
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Pets and livestock trample stream banks, kill the plants and create harmful erosion. Animal waste contains bacteria and parasitic organisms that can infect people and animals that drink or touch the water. Never place fencing across a stream.

• Pick up after your pet. Put the poop in the garbage.
• Take the Canines for Clean Water pledge at www.cleanwaterservices.org/canines.