A solar pumping system and
fiberglass tank provide a
watering point away
from the Ninnescah River. |
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Cattle prefer fresh water in
a tank over ponds and streams. |
This stretch of Goose Creek
used to be the watering
point for 200 cows with calves. |
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New watering point for
200-head calving pasture. |
Alternate watering points
reduce the use of streams
and provide grazing flexibility. |
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Weed barrier fabric reduces
competition for new
windbreak plantings. |
Winter feeding area moved
away from Goose Creek. |
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Winter feeding and calving
moved away from Goose Creek. |
A newly planted windbreak
and calving shed will
replace shelter once afforded
by riparian timber. |
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A managed grazing
system keeps cattle
away from the stream |
Fenced concrete walkway from
barn lot to pasture crosses
a grassed waterway. |
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Walkway |
Sediment fence was used to
slow water movement while
grass is established in waterway. |
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Concrete walkway allows cows
to travel from dairy barn lot to
grazing paddocks without
damaging grass waterway. |
Concrete block settling basin
for lot runoff with grate to
allow water to flow to pit. |
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Concrete block drop structure
at end of waterway. |
Concrete “cow walk” across
newly shaped waterway. |
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Concrete “cow walkway” will
allow cattle to move from
dairy lot to grazing without
damaging grass waterway. |
Newly shaped waterway
prior to seeding. |
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Newly shaped waterway
prior to seeding. |
Concrete block drop structure
at the end of a
newly shaped waterway. |
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Concrete blocks used to build
a settling basin for runoff
from the dairy lot. |
Water collected in pit is pumped
across this grass filter area. |
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Alternate watering system |
| Alternate watering system |
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