Conservation buffers are strips of land, often planted with native perennials, strategically placed among and around row ...

But scientists discovered perforated plastic tiling underneath the land was helping nitrate-laced water bypass the cleaning power of the riparian buffer, said Tom Isenhart, an associate professor ...

The program pays landowners to leave a vegetated area along the river or a tributary, which helps to filter out pollutants before they enter the water. Buffer strip root systems also prevent ...

Ryan Davis, Senior Forests Projects Manager for the Alliance, emphasized the multiple benefits of riparian forest buffers for wildlife, aquatic habitats, and water quality. This initiative is ...

Other options include building moratoriums and mandatory buffers. In Minnesota, landowners must maintain 50-foot wide buffers along lakes, rivers and streams, and 16.5-foot buffers around ditches.

Creek buffers are natural areas between creeks and development, meant to reduce public safety risks related to erosion and flooding while enhancing water quality and creek habitats, according to the ...