Riparian shrub buffers reduce surface water pollutant loads

W. A. Geyer; C. Barden; K. Mankin; D. Devlin

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Riparian shrub buffers reduce surface water pollutant loads

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Authors:

W. A. Geyer, C. Barden, K. Mankin, D. Devlin

Year:

2003

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Van Sambeek, J. W.; Dawson, Jeffery O.; Ponder Jr., Felix; Loewenstein, Edward F.; Fralish, James S., eds. Proceedings of the 13th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-234. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 130-131

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Abstract

Surface water resources in Kansas often contain concentrations of pesticides, nutrients, and sediments that are of concern to local citizens. The United States Geological Survey reported in 1999 that 97 percent of streams and 82 percent of lakes in Kansas would not fully support all uses as designated by state statutes (U.S. Geological Survey 1999). Bacteria and sediment contaminate a high percentage of streams while nutrients and pesticides contaminate many lakes.

Parent Publication

13th Central Hardwoods Forest Conference

Citation

Geyer, W. A.; Barden, C.; Mankin, K.; Devlin, D. 2003. Riparian shrub buffers reduce surface water pollutant loads. In: Van Sambeek, J. W.; Dawson, Jeffery O.; Ponder Jr., Felix; Loewenstein, Edward F.; Fralish, James S., eds. Proceedings of the 13th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-234. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 130-131