Forest Buffer Strips: Mapping the Water Quality Benefits

Forest buffer strips are widely recommended for trapping nonpoint-source pollutants and protecting surface water quality, yet few models are designed to identify key areas for buffer installation and management. This article presents a conceptual model of polluted runoff dynamics to provide traction in estimating watershed-wide forest buffer needs. Inputs required for these estimates include elevation and land-cover maps, along with derived products that represent basic nutrient runoff principles.

• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  Journal of Forests

• Publication date

  2002-01-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1093/jof/100.1.35
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  Semantic Scholar

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