A healthy stream thrives when its waters are cool, clear, and free of erosion and pollution. Riparian buffers are guardians of streams. Corridors of trees, grasses and shrubs, and fences safeguard waterways while serving as a transitional zone between aquatic and upland ecosystems.
Riparian buffers guard, provide shade
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A riparian forest buffer snakes through the landscape in Story County, Iowa.
Bobby Whitescarver is a lifetime farmer near Swoope, Virginia; he works with Virginia’s farmers and landowners to enroll buffer acres.
An oak tree planted in 2004 is 8 inches in diameter at breast height in 2018, Bobby Whitescarver says.
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