Sentences with phrase «buffer along streams»

Preserve natural features, such as floodplains with a natural vegetation buffer along streams that can slow, filter, and store polluted runoff.

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Climate - smart agriculture promotes a number of water conservation practices, such as planting a buffer of trees and bushes along streams and rivers to prevent erosion and contamination from crop runoff.

Sonoma County vote OKs stream setbacks Sonoma County supervisors Monday adopted a hard - won compromise between farmers and environmental groups, advancing protective buffer zones along 3,200 miles of streams and rivers in the county...

The mangrove forests along tropical and subtropical coastlines provide myriad benefits: They buffer against waves and wind, inhibit erosion, create habitat for wildlife and fish, and prevent saltwater intrusion into rivers and streams.