If you have ever sat beneath a tree along a creek, you have enjoyed the beauty of a Riparian Forest Buffer.

A Riparian Forest Buffer is an area of predominantly trees and shrubs located adjacent to water bodies.

There are many advantages of Riparian Forest Buffer planting:

  • Generate additional revenue

  • Generate property tax benefits

  • Create a lasting legacy for future generations

  • Protect land from further development

  • Create wildlife habitat and establish wildlife corridors

  • Reduce excess sediment, organic material, nutrients, and pesticides in surface runoff and shallow groundwater flow

  • Provide floodplain protection

  • Stabilize stream banks from erosion

  • Increase carbon storage

  • Create shade to lower water temperature to improve habitat for cold water aquatic organisms

  • Provide a source of detritus and large woody debris for aquatic and terrestrial organisms

  • Restore natural plant and pollinator communities