Dung beetles are another option that landowners in Marlborough can access as a pasture and water-quality improvement tool.
Dung beetles have the potential to improve both soil and water quality in several ways. Dung beetles tunnel into dung, taking it into the soil beneath. This removes dung from the ground layer of pasture and therefore decreases the amount of dung (and consequently nutrients and bacteria) that enters waterways. Dung beetle activity can also improve pasture health and availability. The tunnelling of dung beetles also aerates the soil which improves soil condition, as well as making the nutrients in the dung more readily available to the root systems of pasture. This tunnelling can also provide drainage channels for water.
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