Conservation Buffers: Design Guidelines for Buffers, Corridors, and Greenways (Spanish Version)

Authors

Gary Bentrup, United States Department of Agriculture, National Agroforestry Center, Southern Research Station, Forest Service, Lincoln, NebraskaFollow

Document Type

Report

Date of this Version

2008

Citation

General Technical Report SRS-109

United States Department of Agriculture, National Agroforestry Center, Southern Research Station, Forest Service, Lincoln, Nebraska, September 2008

Comments

United States government work

Abstract

Conservation Buffers: Design Guidelines for Buffers, Corridors, and Greenways (Spanish version)

Over 80 illustrated design guidelines for conservation buffers are synthesized and developed from a review of over 1,400 research publications. Each guideline describes a specific way that a vegetative buffer can be applied to protect soil, improve air and water quality, enhance fish and wildlife habitat, produce economic products, provide recreation opportunities, or beautify the landscape. These science-based guidelines are presented as easy-to-understand rules-of-thumb for facilitating the planning and designing of conservation buffers in rural and urban landscapes.