The Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) is hosting a Streamside Management Workshop (“Workshop”) on March 2nd.
The Workshop will be held at the Greenland Community Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
BWA states by way of summary that:
- Participants will learn how to establish and preserve riparian buffers, while increasing the health of the streamside land to prevent land loss and slow erosions
- Guest presenters will include professionals from the Watershed Conservation Resource Center, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
The BWA news release notes that:
“The workshop will be a great opportunity for landowners to hear from experts about how and why good management techniques work, “ said Melissa Welch, Program Coordinator at the Alliance. “Funding and technical assistance is available to help landowners with streambank concerns and this workshop will be a great way to connect to those programs.”
BWA states that a riparian buffer is defined as:
The area of land next to a creek, stream, or river – the streambanks and floodplain area – and can include trees, shrubs, grasses, and flowers.
Such buffers are stated to decrease streambank erosion, filter sediments and pollutants commonly found in runoff, provide stormwater storage, increase wildlife habitat, provide cooler water and air temperatures, and increase groundwater infiltration.
The Workshop is free and lunch will be provided.
Additional information in regards to the program and how to attend can be found in the news release.
A copy of the news release can be found here.
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