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riparian buffers
Riparian buffers, also known as stream buffers, streamside management zones, or protected river corridors, are the areas of land alongside streams and rivers. When left undisturbed, these areas help to maintain clean water and a healthy aquatic community.
Papers
A Review of the Scientific Literature on Riparian Buffer Width, Extent and Vegetation, 1999, Seth Wenger. (PDF, 1.1 MB).
Protecting Stream and River Corridors: Creating Effective Local Riparian Buffer Ordinances, Seth Wenger and Laurie Fowler (PDF file - 844 KB).
Research
Trout Stream Buffer Study: Implications of Changes in Riparian Buffer Protection for Georgia's Trout Streams, October 2005, Judy L. Meyer, Krista L. Jones, Geoffrey C. Poole, C. Rhett Jackson, James E. Kundell, B. Lane Rivenbark, Elizabeth L. Kramer, William Bumback. (PDF)
Relationships between trout populations, stream habitat, and average forested riparian buffer widths were used to evaluate the potential for North Georgia’s streams to maintain high quality trout habitat given different riparian buffer widths.
Trout Stream Buffer Study: Georgia's Trout Stream Buffer Program Assessment Under the Georgia Erosion and Sedimentation Act and Georgia Water Quality Control Act, October 2005, Terry A. DeMeo, Don R. Christy and James E. Kundell.
This report explores policy implications of the 2000 Amendments.
Riparian Buffer Ordinances in Georgia, Laura England and Allison Roy (PDF file)
Riparian protection requirements under Georgia state law, Laura England and Allison Roy
Local Riparian Ordinances and Georgia's Erosion and Sedimentation Act, Laura England and Allison Roy
Resources and References
Model Riparian Buffer Ordinance
Riparian Buffer Width, Vegetative Cover, and
Nitrogen Removal
Effectiveness: A Review of Current Science and
Regulations, 2006, Paul M. Mayer,
Steven K. Reynolds, Jr.,
Timothy J. Canfield, Marshall D. McCutchen,
US EPA (PDF - external site)
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