Riparian catchments: A landscape approach to link uplands with riparian zones for agricultural and ecosystem conservation

Effective coupling of upland and riparian conservation as a system of practices, is necessary to ensure water quality, water supply, agricultural sustainability, and ecosystem biodiversity and integrity. This is not an easy task, nor an intuitiveRead More…

20Sep/22

Cover of Agrosystems, Geosciences and Environment Journal from April 2021

Comparing riparian buffer design classification data among watersheds representing Iowa landscapes

This study applied riparian catchments, part of the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF) version 3, to evaluate functional riparian settings for 32 headwater watersheds representing three major land resource areas (MLRAs) in Iowa.

20Sep/22

Cover of 2015 May/June Journal of Environmental Quality

Classification of Riparian Buffer Design Types with Application to Assess and Map Stream Corridors

This publication presents a system to classify a watershed’s riparian corridors and apply them toward riparian management planning in hydrologic unit code 12 watersheds.

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