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The
following links provide examples of environmentally sound
livestock management practices. Visit this
site regularly as we will expand and add sites.
Rhode Island Sites
Gilbert
Stuart Road Demonstration Site
 1
acre farm in North Kingstown, RI. This
farm served as a demonstration site from 2003 - 2006
as part of the Healthy
Landscapes Education Program.
Pasture
management - sheep and poultry
Livestock
yard management and use of rain barrels
The
Watson Farm - Historic New England, Jamestown,
RI.
 Pasture
management - cattle and sheep
Beyond Rhode Island
University
of Vermont - Vermont Pasture Network - horse
pasture management and renovating horse paddocks with
geotextiles and gravel.
Equestrian
Land Conservation Resource - state of New
York. View their "Keeping It Green" videos on manure,
pasture and runoff management topics.
Livestock
and Land Program - State of California;
non-profit partnership helping livestock and horse owners
with implementing
management practices.
Visit
this site to see many great "before" and "after" photos for addressing horse manure,
paddock and runoff management on challenging sites.
Horses
for Clean Water - State of Washington;
organization that provides education on
horse keeping.
Visit
their demonstration farms page for many examples of manure,
paddock,
and runoff management.
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