Multifunctional Buffers: Design Guidelines for Buffers, Corridors, and Greenways
This publication—a revision of a 2008 General Technical Report—updates design guidelines for vegetative buffers that can help land managers enhance production and environmental benefits on their lands, build climate resilience, and enhance rural prosperity and food security. It includes over 80 illustrated design guidelines that were developed from a review of more than 1,900 research publications.
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New tool identifies opportunities to protect, enhance America's waterways
Aerial view of a riparian buffer zone along a river. Photo courtesy Buffering America’s Waterways website.
WISCONSIN—The USDA Forest Service and Natural Resource Conservation Service jointly developed a robust interactive map to prioritize waterway enhancement in the contiguous…
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Rapid assessment protocol offers insights into managing riparian ecosystems
COLORADO—Great Basin watersheds are home to many unique riparian and meadow ecosystems. The vegetation and processes of these ecosystems vary wildly, challenging managers to determine appropriate management strategies after disturbances. A recently developed rapid assessment protocol offers a guide, which will be discussed in the…
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Working together for clean water, healthy streams
Volunteers are key to our efforts to plant trees and improve watersheds. They do the hard work of planting young trees in the ground and affixing plastic tubing that protect saplings from deer that would otherwise eat the trees. (Photo courtesy Chesapeake Bay Program)
The earthy smell of…