AT: Lone Star Healthy Streams

Lone Star Healthy Streams
(LSHS)
is a program developed by the Texas
AgriLife Extension Service, the Texas
State Soil and Water Conservation Board,
and the Texas Water Resources Institute.
The program’s major goal is the
protection of Texas waterways from
bacterial contamination originating from
beef cattle, dairy cattle, horses, poultry,
and feral hogs that may pose a serious
health risk to Texas citizens.
While some water pollution is often easy
to detect, bacteria pollution is not. A
water body choked with algae, a muddy
river loaded with sediment, or a lake
covered with an oily sheen all exhibit
clearly noticeable impairments. Bacteria
in water, on the other hand, are not at all
noticeable to the naked eye.
bacteria is the number one cause of
water pollution in Texas and that more
than half of the water bodies evaluated
in the state are impaired because of
excess bacteria levels?
LSHS educates Texas farmers, ranchers,
and landowners about proper grazing,
feral hog management, and riparian
area protection to reduce the levels of
bacterial contamination in streams and
rivers.