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Buffers: Common Sense Conservation

Collection of Buffer Success Stories

Summer 1999

Introduction

Arkansas Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), wildlife
California Napa Valley vineyards
Colorado Flood reduction
Connecticut Riparian areas, Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
Florida Orange groves, water quality
Georgia Livestock, water quality
Conasauga River partnership, Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
Idaho Salmon and ranching
Illinois Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), wildlife habitat
Environmental and economic benefits, Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
Water quality, flood protection, state program
Indiana Fort Wayne drinking water, local partnerships
Iowa Middle Raccoon Watershed partnership, Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), City of Des Moines drinking water
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), bottomland
Kentucky Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District, water quality
Environmental education, water quality
Maryland Riparian forest buffers and trout streams
Minnesota Wildlife habitat, Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
Missouri Endangered species habitat
Cotton, wind erosion control
Montana Local partnerships, wildlife habitat
New York Water quality, nutrient management
Erosion control, water management, local partnerships
Skaneateles Lake Watershed Agricultural Program, drinking water supply
Oregon Ranching and riparian buffers
Pennsylvania Exclusionary fencing, local partnerships
South Carolina Economic benefits, riparian areas
South Dakota Nutrient management, organic farming, wetlands
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
Partnerships, stone soup
Utah Nonpoint Source Water Quality Project
Virginia Riparian corridors



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