For information specific to your locale, contact your U.S.D.A. Forest Service representative or extension forester.
For specific information about design or financing of riparian buffers, get other publications in this series at any ISU Extension office. They are:
References
The following resources were used to prepare material for this publication.
"Design and placement of a multi-species riparian buffer strip system," by R.C. Schultz, J.P. Colletti, T.M. Isenhart, W.W. Simpkins, C.W. Mize, and M.L. Thompson, published in the 1995 Agroforestry Systems, Vol. 29, pg. 201-226.
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"A Socio-Economic Assessment of the Bear Creek Watershed," by J. Colletti, C. Ball, W. Premachandra, C. Mize, R. Schultz, L. Rule, and J. Gan, published in the 1994 Opportunities for Agroforestry in the Temperate Zone Worldwide: Proceedings of the Third North American Agroforestry Conference, Aug. 16-18, 1993, Ames, Iowa.
Restoring Prairie Wetlands: an Ecological Approach, by S.M. Galatowitsch and A.G. van der Valk, published by Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa, 1994.
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Pesticide Contamination of Ground Water in the United States: A Review," by W.F. Ritter, published in the 1990 Journal of Environmental Science, Vol. B25(1), pg. 1-29.
Riparian Forest Buffers: Function and Design for Protection and Enhancement of Water Resources, by D.J. Welsch, a 1991 General Technical Report #NA-PR-07-91, published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Northeastern Area Resources Management, Radnor, Pennsylvania.