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Training the Next Crop of Stewards
Training the Next Crop of Stewards
3/30/2022
A
t Bayou Preservation, we believe clean water is fundamental to the
health of our local bayous and other waterways: for fish, wildlife, and for
human recreation. Most of the streams in the Houston area have been
identified as impaired for contact recreation due to high levels of bacteria
and many streams have other water quality impairments a
ff
ecting fish and
wildlife, such as low dissolved oxygen and high levels of nutrients. While water quality is generally improving in the region’s streams, much remains to be done for our waters to meet the “fishable and swimmable” goals of the Clean Water Act.
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