(print edition of ConservationTools.org guide) Extensive scientific research documents that vegetated strips of land along water bodies provide extensive water quality and other environmental benefits. The science shows that development should be kept away from the water's edge, wider protected strips provide greater benefits, forested buffers are more effective than grassy ones, and forested buffers in headwaters provide the greatest benefits of all.
Year: 2014
Author(s): Wesley R. Horner
Organization/Source: WeConservePA (formerly Pennsylvania Land Trust Association) and Brandywine Conservancy
Topic tags: Riparian Buffer and Print Editions of WeConservePA Guides
