These tests will determine the liner thickness for the manure ponds. King County Dairies are doing well when it comes to getting their Nutrient Plans completed and approved by the District Board. The remaining plans must be completed and approved before June 2002 and all plans must be implemented by December 31 st 2003. An edge is any area where two habitats meet. It may be a stream and a pasture, a roadside ditch and a field, or a fence-line and a barn.
Edges occur everywhere and are critical to the conservation of natural resources.
Most beneficial wildlife heavily utilize edges to travel, nest and feed because the edges contain a mix of environmental conditions and are thus utilized by a wide variety of species. Often these edges go unnoticed or are thought of as useless. However planting an edge with native trees and shrubs will add value to your property and be good for the environment too. Some other functions that planted edges provide are protection from wind and soil erosion, water filtration and manure nutrient absorption, heating and or cooling of structures, privacy screens, noxious weed control and many others. Planted edges can take the form of a hedgerow thicket along a ditch, a poplar or evergreen tree wind break or a row crop such as sunflowers or corn.