Authors: L.A. Helfrich, Extension specialist and professor, Virginia Tech; D.L. Weigmann, director, Office of Science and Technology, State of Nevada; R.J. Neves, leader, Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Publication Number 420-141, posted December 1998
Soil erosion is the major threat to stream water quality and fish life. Each year, tons of soil washed from cropland, pastures, roadways, and construction sites clog streams and suffocate aquatic life. |
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Return to the Eroded Soil and Silt section of The Stream Killers.