Cattle producers concerned with stream protection

The Washington Cattlemen’s Association (WCA) is partnering with regional county affiliates to host a rancher meeting in Ritzville on January 6, 2014 to discuss stream protection and water quality standards. The meeting is in response to ranchers’ concerns about a spate of notices recently sent by Washington Department of Ecology (DOE) to eastern Washington ranchers warning of their operations’ potential to pollute streams. The purpose of the meeting is to help ranchers in the area better understand Washington’s water quality standards, livestock operations’ potential to pollute streams, and as...