Headwater meadow sedge fens are important to preserving our water supplies. Many fens on our national forests are getting trashed and degraded by cattle.
See: https://www.cnps.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Fremontia_V46_N2_Wetlands_LR.pdf
It is plain stupid to damage water supplies and water quality so that a few ranchers can produce a few more beefs by graze their cattle in our national forest headwater meadows.
Here’s a photo of a trampled fen in Big Meadows, Marble Mountain Wilderness, Klamath National Forest from the Grazing Reform Project:
Tribal staff and officials, For the sake of salmon and healthy aquatic ecosystems, please use our comanagment status to reduce or end grazing in our national forest headwater wetlands.
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Felice Pace
Klamath, CA 95548
