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The Bay Journal
http://www.bayjournal.com

Chesapeake Bay Program
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/info/forestbuff.cfm

Farm Service Agency
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/

Forestry Index
http://www.forestryindex.net

Iowa State University Extension - Stewards of our Streams
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1626A/homepage.html

Iowa State University- Buffer Strip Design, Establishment, and Maintenance
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1626B.pdf

Izaak Walton League - Save Our Streams
http://www.saveourstreams.org/SOS-main.htm

Maryland Department of Agriculture - Office of Resource Conservation - Financial Assistance Programs for Conservation Practices
http://www.mda.state.md.us/nutrient/nmfinan.htm

Maryland Department of the Environment - Wetlands and Waterways Programs
http://www.mde.state.md.us/wetlands/

Maryland Department of Natural Resources - Chesapeake Bay and Water Quality Programs
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/forests/programapps/cbcon.html

Maryland Stream ReLeaf Program
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/forests/streamreleaf.html

Maryland Natural Resources Conservation Service
http://www.md.nrcs.usda.gov

National Park Service
http://www.nature.nps.gov/wv/

National Showcase Watersheds
http://www.epa.gov/owow/showcase/

Nature Conservancy-Invasive Plants
http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/

Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/index.htm

Pennsylvania Office of River Basin Commissions
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/river/river_basin.htm

Pennsylvania Stream Releaf
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/see&hear/streamreleaf/Stream_Releaf.htm

River Management Society
http://www.river-management.org

USDA National Agroforestry Center - Resources: Riparian Forest Buffers
http://www.unl.edu:80/nac/riparian.html

USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service
National Conservation Buffer Initiative -
http://www.nhq.nrcs.usda.gov/CCS/Buffers.html

From this page, also see Key to Selecting and Sizing Buffers-
http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/tpham/buffer/akey.htm

Virginia Department of Forestry - Riparian Forest Buffers
http://state.vipnet.org/dof/rfb/riparian/ripforbu.htm

Virginia Department of Forestry Herbicide Use Sheets
http://www.dof.state.va.us/mgt/herbuse.htm


Restoration and Bioengineering

North Carolina State University -
Best Management Practices for Non-Point Source Pollution Control
http://h2osparc.wq.ncsu.edu/descprob/strmbnks.html

Riparian Management Systems - Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Ames Iowa
http://www.buffer.forestry.iastate.edu/

The Riparian Net
http://www.riparian.net/

Stream Corridor Restoration
Federal Interagency Stream Corridor Restoration Working Group
http://www.usda.gov/stream_restoration/

USDA ARS Riparian Ecosystem Management Model (REMM)
http://sacs.cpes.peachnet.edu/remmwww/

USDA Riparian Forest Buffer Conservation Job Sheet
http://www.unl.edu/nac/jobsheets/ripjob.pdf


Bibliographies and Literature Reviews

Bibliography of Vegetated Stream Riparian Zones: Their Effects on Stream Nutrients,
Sediments, and Toxic Substances - Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
http://www.serc.si.edu/SERC_web_html/pub_ripzone.htm

Function, Design, and Establishment of Riparian Forest Buffers: A Review
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-041399-091320/

Habitat Restoration Information Center (emphasis is California)
http://www.habitat-restoration.com

National Agricultural Library - Water Quality Information Center Bibliographies
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/biblios.html

Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (Jamestown, ND) -
Riparian ecosystem creation and restoration: A literature summary.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/literatr/ripareco/ripareco.htm

USDA National Extension Water Quality Database
http://hermes.ecn.purdue.edu:/server/water/water.html

US EPA - Office of Water Nonpoint Source News-Notes
http://www.epa.gov/owow/info/NewsNotes/

 

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