Buffer strip design for protecting water quality and fish habitat
- Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID (United States)
Buffer strips are protective areas adjacent to streams or lakes. Among other functions, they protect water quality and fish habitat. A typical buffer strip is found in western Oregon, where they are called Riparian Management Areas (RMAs). The authors use the term buffer strip to include functional descriptions such as filter, stabilization, or leave strips, and administrative designations such as Idaho's Stream Protection Zone (SPZ), Washington's Riparian Management Zone (RMZ), and the USDA Forest Service's Streamside Management Zone (SMZ). They address water quality and fishery protective functions of buffer strips on forestlands, pointing out improvements in buffer strip design possible through research or administrative changes. Buffer strip design requirements found in some western Forest Practices Act (FPA) regulations are also compared and related to findings in the scientific literature.
- OSTI ID:
- 7201650
- Journal Information:
- Western Journal of Applied Forestry; (United States), Vol. 9:2; ISSN 0085-6095
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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