Allowing farmers to harvest vegetation from their riparian buffers will not significantly impede the ability of those streamside tracts to protect water quality by capturing nutrients and sediment -- ...

Anderson County updated its riparian buffer ordinance to address sediment runoff from new developments. The ordinance aims to protect water quality, wildlife habitats, and manage stormwater runoff.

From her porch on Village Acres Farm in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, Angela Brubaker can see the curved rows of trees in the new riparian buffer along Lost Creek. The tree tubes and stakes that support ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A file photo of Scantic River State Park. Connecticut is considering additional protections for riparian buffers, the strips of ...

That is the conclusion of Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences researchers, who compared the impacts of six riparian buffer design scenarios over two, four-year crop rotations in two small ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anderson County has been experiencing excessive sediment runoff into its streams and rivers, primarily due to recent subdivisions ...

Scientists and regulators in Pennsylvania are working with farmers to plant trees along streams in the state, in an effort to reduce the level of pollutants entering the water. To meet their target of ...