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Northeast Region proposes drill-pipe fencing to protect Matt Warner WMA and reduce nutrient runoff
Summary
DWR sought funding split between Blue Ribbon and Habitat councils to replace three miles of failing fence on Matt Warner WMA with durable drill-pipe fencing to keep cattle out of sensitive shoreline and reduce nutrient inputs that cause algae blooms.
Pat Rainbolt, Northeast Region habitat program manager, presented a fencing replacement project for the Matt Warner Wildlife Management Area on Diamond Mountain aimed at excluding livestock from sensitive riparian and reservoir shoreline areas.
"This WMA is meant to provide forage for deer and elk. It's not we do not graze it with livestock for that reason," Rainbolt said, noting the current wooden…
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