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https://www.kosu.org/energy-environment/2023-06-12/oklahoma-has-restored-nearly-100-unhealthy-streams-thanks-to-water-monitoring-regenerative-agriculture>
'It only took a few minutes for Wes Shockley and his colleague to pull a dozen
species of fish (and one small turtle) out of Pryor Creek. Shockley has been a
Water Quality Monitoring Expert with the Conservation Commission for three
decades, and he says those critters are signs of a healthy stream.
“What lives here tells the story better than anything else,” Shockley said. “We
can come out here and collect water samples — and we do. But that's a point in
time that doesn't tell as big a story.”
Pryor Creek’s story took a dark turn in 2002, when it was so contaminated with
bacteria from agricultural runoff that it landed on the Environmental
Protection Agency’s list of impaired waterways. The lakes and streams on that
list don’t meet Clean Water Act standards that require waterways to be fishable
and swimmable.
But Pryor Creek has recovered enough to come off the list. So have 96 other
Oklahoma streams that were previously impaired.'
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
