Riparian Buffers Extensions for Students

Extensions for Students

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Become a Virginia Save Our Streams stream monitor.
Prepare a report about the importance of riparian buffers, supporting it with research from Session 1 and results from the experiment conducted in Session 2. Design the report so that it might be presented to community leaders to convince them of the need for regulation requiring developers and farmers to plant riparian buffers.
Conduct research on the use of poplars and other hardwood trees to increase the effectiveness of riparian buffers. (See Using the Library Media Center for Project Research and Using the World Wide Web for Project Research in the Project Action Guide.) See resources specific to such research, including
- Center for Subtropical Agroforestry's "Riparian Buffers"
- The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand's "Using Poplars and Willows to Reduce Nitrate Leaching from Dairy Shed Effluent"
- Iowa State University Forestry Extension's "Buffer Strips for Riparian Zones"
- Miles Merwin 's "'Working' Buffer Strips Provide Both Profit and Protection for Oregon Farm"
- United States Environmental Protection Agency's "Ecolotree Stream Buffer Filters Runoff, Provides Cash Crop."
See Building an Outdoor Classroom in the Project Action Guide.
See Build Your Own Rain Garden in the Project Action Guide.