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Publication date: November 11, 2001 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Riparian forests are essential interfaces between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. They intercept surface runoff, subsurface flow and deeper ground water flows for purposes of removing or buffering effects from nutrients, pesticides…
Publication date: December 31, 1996 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version
The use of demonstration sites for riparian forest buffer establishment is one way to help accomplish the objectives of communication, education, and monitoring.The riparian forest buffers in this document are located in agricultural,…
Publication date: July 01, 2004 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version
Riparian lands provide a wealth of ecological benefits. For example, trees along the shoreline help to filter pollutants and sediment from runoff and groundwater before they enter the waterways. Trees also provide important habitat…
Publication date: February 28, 1997 | Type of document: Report
This report contains background material that describes in more detail the technical basis for the recommendations and elaborates on the implementation options in the Final Report of the Riparian Forest Buffer Panel.
Publication date: June 01, 1998 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version
The purpose of this handbook is to provide professional land managers and planners with the latest information on the functions, design, establishment and management of riparian forest buffers.
Publication date: October 14, 1994 | Type of document: Directive | Download: Electronic Version
We now recognize that forests along waterways, also known as "riparian forests," are an important resource that protects water quality and provides habitat and food necessary to support fish survival and reproduction. Used as buffers,…
Publication date: October 10, 1996 | Type of document: Adoption Statement | Download: Electronic Version
In past commitments, we agreed to reduce nutrients, to restore habitat, to improve access to thousands of miles of habitat for migratory fish, and to enhance watershed management by developing and implementing tributary-specific…
Publication date: January 31, 1993 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version
This article discusses elements of the relationship between forests and water quality in the context of the forest buffer.
Publication date: December 08, 2003 | Type of document: Directive | Download: Electronic Version
We, the members of the Chesapeake Executive Council, hereby reaffirm our commitment to restoring the Chesapeake Bay, in part, by protecting and restoring riparian lands along the watershed’s thousands of miles of stream and shoreline.
…Publication date: December 31, 1996 | Type of document: Fact Sheet | Download: Electronic Version
Riparian forests are integral to the health of the Bay and its rivers for many reasons. Their position in the landscape makes these forests excellent buffers between upland areas and waters that eventually enter the Bay. Riparian…
Publication date: November 30, 2003 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version
As part of the Chesapeake 2000 agreement, Chesapeake Bay Program partners agreed to establish expanded goals for riparian forest buffer mileage in the Bay watershed by 2003. In response to that commitment, the Chesapeake Bay Program…
Publication date: November 10, 1995 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Through the efforts of the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area, and its partners in the Forestry Workgroup, a riparian forest initative has brought more focus on the need to better manage riparian areas and to recognize forests along…
Publication date: October 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version
This report contains the principal findings and recommendations of a Chesapeake Executive Council-appointed panel on riparian forest buffers. Background material which describes in more detail the technical basis for the recommendations…
Publication date: October 31, 1995 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version
Interim Report of the Riparian Forest Buffer Directive to the Chesapeake Executive Council
Publication date: August 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version
This publication is a collection of case-studies that highlight accomplishments of local governments and citizen organizations to recognize the importance of forests to their communities and to take action to retain and restore those…
Publication date: August 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report
Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, USA, have agreed to reduce nutrient loadings to Chesapeake Bay by 40% by the year 2000. This requires control of nonpoint sources of nutrients, much of which comes from agriculture. Riparian forest…
Publication date: June 01, 2005 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version
Riparian forest buffers are essential components of maintaining long-term stream and watershed health and resilience in the Chesapeake Bay region. Riparian forest buffers also provide valuable ecological functions for wildlife habitat…
Publication date: May 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report
On October 5-6, 1994, the Nutrient Subcommittee and Forestry Workgroup of the Chesapeake Bay Program hosted a conference on the subject of riparian forest buffers. Participants came together to discuss, debare and learn about the value…
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