Riparian Fence
Netley Creek Sub-District
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Characteristics
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Benefits (Riparian Fencing)
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Benefits (Cross Fencing)
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Project Overview
This producer partnered with EIWD to improve pasture management and protect a 40-acre wetland by installing riparian exclusion fencing, cross fencing, and an alternative watering system.
The first portion of the project was completed in 2023, with approximately 700 meters of fencing installed on the northwest quarter. In 2025, an additional 815 meters of fence was installed on the southwest quarter, completing the riparian fence and excluding the cattle from the wetland and surrounding riparian area.
Since the excluded wetland previously served as the primary water source for the herd, EIWD also assisted the landowner with the installation of a well and solar watering system. Providing this alternative watering source allows for improved herd health and productivity, and an enhanced riparian area. An enhanced riparian area provides a multitude of environmental benefits such as increasing biodiversity, improved surface water quality, natural revegetation, and stabilization of the stream bank. All these factors allow the riparian area to function as a buffer to filter nutrients that may runoff from the pasture.
In addition to the exclusion fence, and alternative watering system, this producer has already installed 820 meters of cross fencing and plans to add another 800 meters. The completed cross fencing will create 5 paddocks on this pasture, allowing the cattle to be managed through a rotational grazing system. The practice of rotational grazing provides many benefits for both the livestock and the land. Benefits include healthier forage production, even manure distribution, and ample periods of rest to allow the pasture plants to put down roots, allowing for improved soil structure, and water infiltration.
This producer partnered with EIWD to improve pasture management and protect a 40-acre wetland by installing riparian exclusion fencing, cross fencing, and an alternative watering system.
The first portion of the project was completed in 2023, with approximately 700 meters of fencing installed on the northwest quarter. In 2025, an additional 815 meters of fence was installed on the southwest quarter, completing the riparian fence and excluding the cattle from the wetland and surrounding riparian area.
Since the excluded wetland previously served as the primary water source for the herd, EIWD also assisted the landowner with the installation of a well and solar watering system. Providing this alternative watering source allows for improved herd health and productivity, and an enhanced riparian area. An enhanced riparian area provides a multitude of environmental benefits such as increasing biodiversity, improved surface water quality, natural revegetation, and stabilization of the stream bank. All these factors allow the riparian area to function as a buffer to filter nutrients that may runoff from the pasture.
In addition to the exclusion fence, and alternative watering system, this producer has already installed 820 meters of cross fencing and plans to add another 800 meters. The completed cross fencing will create 5 paddocks on this pasture, allowing the cattle to be managed through a rotational grazing system. The practice of rotational grazing provides many benefits for both the livestock and the land. Benefits include healthier forage production, even manure distribution, and ample periods of rest to allow the pasture plants to put down roots, allowing for improved soil structure, and water infiltration.
