Scientists Work to Minimize Impact of High Sierra Grazing

September 15, 2010

Does cattle grazing in the High Sierra affect water purity? If so, under what conditions and what can we do about it? Answers to those questions and more are the focus of a study under way by UC Davis, the U.S. Forest Service and other agencies. Results from the study should help keep water in national forests safe for diverse public uses such as camping, fishing, swimming and more. "Our goal is to evaluate the scope of the problem and come up with real solutions for how to fix it," said UC Davis Cooperative Extension watershed specialist Ken Tate, the study's principal investigator. His co-investigator is UC Davis Cooperative Extension specialist Rob Atwill, Director of the Western Institute for Food Safety and Security. Article can be found here.