Fish caught in waters polluted with livestock waste can also be contaminated. Continued livestock traffic in guts can cause the gut channels to widen, which decreases productive pasture land. Plant Cover All pasture fields have good vegetation cover. Most pasture fields have good or fair vegetation cover. Pasture lands have poor vegetation cover.
Pastures are weedy with low protein grasses and no legumes.
Pasture soils are fairly deep with gradual slopes, medium-textured with some rocks or gravel. The soils have been tested for nutrients within the last 3 years. Most pastures have had a soil test within the last 5 years. No soil tests have been taken. All pasture land is sub-divided and animals are rotated frequently between pastures based on vegetation cover and health.