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<br />Vegetbtiye Practices <br /> <br />Vegetated Buffer Strip Bank Protection <br /> <br />This practice is primarily related to cropland ~hich is tilled up to the edge <br />of stream channels without leaving a vegetative zone. These areas commonly <br />contribute to stream bank erosion because the perennial vegetation needed for <br />protection and stabilization is not present. <br /> <br />This practice would leave at least.. SO foot, and preferably a lOO foot wide, <br />strip on each side of the stream channel, This would effectively create a <br />buffer strip for trapping sediment coming from off channel sites and reduce <br />erosion along the stream .lank, In no case should overs tory brush and tree <br />vegetation along or withil1 SO feet of the stream channel be ellmiated to <br />increase crop or livestock forage production. <br /> <br />Maintenance requirements ::or this practice include brusn remov'll in cnannel <br />and periodic checks of vel~etation to ensure understory vegetation is peren- <br />nial. If understory vegel:ation is annual species, the area should be farmed <br />and reseeded to adapted purennial species. <br /> <br /><;0 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br />