Lake and Stream Corridor Owners' Guide for
Riparian Buffer Establishment
Water Quality Improvement, Wildlife Habitat and Stream Bank Stabilization.

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Photo courtesy of USDA NRCS

Contents: Riparian Buffers Buffer Basics Minimum Buffer Widths Plant Materials Selection Additional Sources of Information Serving Lenawee, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw & Wayne Counties

This guide was produced as part of a Section 319, Federal Clean Water Act grant awarded to the Southeast Michigan RC&D Council by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

Much of this guide was originally produced by the Davis Creek Watershed Project of the Kalamazoo Conservation District and The Forum of Greater Kalamazoo, through a Section 319, Federal Clean Water Act grant awarded by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. It has been reprinted with their permission.