A new study suggests more opportunities to protect waterways: One system for keeping too many nutrients out of streams could be used more widely than it is now. Known as saturated riparian buffer ...

Watershed-wide nutrient credit trading has been suggested as a mechanism for reducing pollution entering the Chesapeake Bay, but a new study by Penn State researchers suggests that the high cost of ...

Riparian buffers - the forest and vegetated areas next to rivers and streams - serve multiple functions in nature. These buffers naturally filter agricultural runoff from adjacent croplands that would ...

Given the pressures on riparian zones and their importance to people and the environment, effective strategies are needed to conserve and restore these ecosystems. Landscape architecture can be part ...

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 -- ...

After Connecticut's housing bill dominated headlines in 2025, another legislative fight is quietly taking shape over riparian buffers - an environmental safeguard with major implications for ...

Amber Ellis from the James River Association visits the studio to explain the importance of forested riparian buffers, the different growing zones within them and shares tips on the tools for planting ...

Riparian corridors—the transitional zones between land and flowing water—are dynamic interfaces that support high biodiversity, regulate sediment transport and buffer against floods. Invasive plants ...

Riparian buffers are vegetated areas next to water resources that protect water quality, bank stabilization from erosion, and aquatic and wildlife habitat. The USDA Forest Service defines a riparian ...

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 ...

As Upstate communities continue to work to accommodate record growth, Greenville County Council on Tuesday voted favorably on a second reading of an ordinance that would require environmental ...