Sunday, July 12, 2020 -- Removing the buffer, a simple barrier of trees, shrubs, and perennial plants, can cause a stream or river to be silted for miles below the breach. If the wound in the ...

Washington’s Growth Management Act (GMA) of 1990 mandated that local governments establish regulations for protecting environmentally sensitive or critical areas, including wetlands, critical aquifer ...

Amber Ellis from the James River Association visits the studio to explain the importance of forested riparian buffers, the different growing zones within them and shares tips on the tools for planting ...

BRAINERD — Crow Wing County commissioners contemplated a change for lakeside buffers that would only be triggered by a permit request. Chris Pence, environmental services manager, said the idea of a ...

Can you still build a bulkhead along the shoreline in coastal Virginia to protect your property? Well, it depends, but now the answer is more likely to be “no.” Major changes to how Virginia tidal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 1—TRAVERSE CITY — Whether it's bayshores, lakefront, river banks or creeks, Traverse City has plenty of waterfronts. Soon, ...

Allowing farmers to harvest vegetation from their riparian buffers will not significantly impede the ability of those streamside tracts to protect water quality by capturing nutrients and sediment -- ...

There are 7,719 miles of tidal shoreline in Maryland along the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, according to the Maryland Geological Survey. The vast majority of that shoreline is privately owned, ...