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Programs > Landowner Incentive Program > Aquatic Area Buffer
Aquatic Area Buffer
Definition:
An area predominantly trees and/or shrubs located adjacent to and up-gradient from water course or water bodies.
Purpose:
Establish Trees and Shrubs in Riparian Forest Buffers to:
- Create shade to lower or maintain water temperatures to improve habitat for aquatic
- Create or improve riparian habitat and provide a source of detritus and large woody debris
- Reduce excess amount of sediment, organic material, nutrients and pesticides in surface runoff and reduce excess nutrients and other chemicals in shallow groundwater flow
- Reduce pesticide drift entering the water body
- Improve forest health reducing the potential of damage from pests and moisture stress
- Restore natural riparian plant communities
- Improve wildlife habitat
- Increase carbon storage in plant biomass and soils
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