Pigeons said cause of high bacteria count in S. Palouse

Pigeon poop dropped in Spring Flat Creek is washing in to the south fork of the Palouse river directly before it flows through Colfax. Department of Ecology officials said putting up nets or pigeon spikes below two bridges which cross the creek could keep the birds away. Fecal coliform bacteria was confirmed in the Palouse River roughly a year ago, after a series of tests by the DOE and the city of Colfax.

Pigeon poop has been nailed as the most likely source of fecal coliform bacteria in the South Fork of the Palouse River in Colfax in an ongoing investigation by the department of ecology.

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