Conservation Buffers
USDA National Agroforestry Center
A partnership of
USDA Forest Service
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
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Abstract
Acknowledgments
Using The Guide
Purpose
Limitations
Landscape Design Concepts
Planning Conservation Buffers
How to Use
Glossary
Borrowing Images
Guidelines
1.0 Water Quality
2.0 Biodiversity
3.0 Productive Soils
4.0 Economic Opportunities
5.0 Protection & Safety
6.0 Aesthetics & Visual Quality
7.0 Outdoor Recreation
Other Tools
Slideshows
Buffer Function Tables
Case Studies
GUIDELINES / 3.0 Productive Soils
3.0
Introduction
3.1
Buffers & Cropland Management
3.2
Windbreaks for Wind Erosion
3.3
Herbacious Wind Barriers
3.4
Grassed Waterways
3.5
Phytoremediation Buffers
Objectives
Reduce soil erosion
Increase soil productivity
Buffer Functions
Reduce water runoff energy
Reduce wind energy
Stabilize soil
Improve soil quality
Remove soil pollutants
DOWNLOAD: 3.0 Introduction (PDF)