Although riparian forest buffers are often designed primarily for water quality benefits, these practices can also include woody species that provide products such as nuts, fruit, and decorative woody ...
In addition to filtering contaminants, buffer strips provide food for pollinators, cover for wildlife and act as natural erosion control. Buffer strips are areas along the lakeshore covered with ...
Conservation buffers are strips of land, often planted with native perennials, strategically placed among and around row crops. They have the potential to improve farm productivity, protect vital ...
GRAND FORKS, N.D.-The buffer strip law in Minnesota has been a hot topic, but what exactly is it, why has it been so contentious and what's going on at the state and local level? Here is a guide to ...
As lawmakers work on clarifying the 2015 bill mandating at least 16.5 feet of grasses around the state's drainage streams, local soil and water officials are preparing for a deluge of questions, ...
MADISON, WI, April 26, 2010-Grass buffer strips are commonly used in crop production to reduce herbicide runoff. These practices are encouraged through incentives, regulations or laws, and are ...
Your latest chance to quiz the experts and other FWi users on your environmental scheme queries. In this month’s Q & A from ADAS’s David Middleditch, you can find out the dos and don’ts with ...
WARREN, Minn.-Eric and Neil Johnson take pride in the land they farm. Driving through Marshall and Polk counties this week, the brothers from Warren often would stop to point out shelterbelts and ...
When a community grows in the Midwest, especially in East Central Illinois, chances are that the expansion will involve farmland. Trouble is, urban residents moving into the countryside and farms ...
Gov. Mark Dayton speaks at the dedication of a Wildlife Management Area south of Worthington during the Governor's 2014 Minnesota Pheasant Opener, a tradition Dayton began in 2011. To boost pheasant ...
Your latest chance to quiz the experts and other FWi users on your environmental scheme queries. In this month’s Q & A from ADAS’s David Middleditch, you can find out the dos and don’ts with ...
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