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Supplemental Materials - Online Resources

This list is not exhaustive, but contains a list of riparian related resources that were available during publication of this online tutorial. We will make every attempt to keep the links up-to-date. However, if you click on a link that has been changed - you can use the materials in the "description" to search for the new link.

National Links
NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/

You Be the Manager - A game allowing you to manage various riparian scenarios. Department of Interior & Bureau of Land Management, Washington D.C.
http://www.blm.gov/riparian/manage.htm

National Riparian Service Team - a cooperative effort between the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service to provide training and technology transfer, consulting and advisory services, and program review to accelerate riparian restoration and management efforts.
http://www.or.blm.gov/nrst/

 

Eastern U.S. and South East Canada

Maryland - Riparian Buffer Management An Introduction to the Riparian Forest Buffer, Maryland Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet.
http://www.agnr.umd.edu/CES/Pubs/PDF/FS724.pdf

Virginia - Understanding the Science Behind Riparian Forest Buffers: Effects on Plant and Animal Communities, Virginia State University, Cooperative Extension Service. http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/forestry/420-152/420-152.html

 

Mid-West Region
Iowa - Iowa State University; Healthy Land - Clean Water: Riparian Management Systems; Riparian Buffer Systems
http://www.buffer.forestry. iastate.edu/
Nebraska - University of Nebraska; Riparian Buffer Systems in Crop and Rangelands
http://cwis.unl.edu/nac/aug94/rip-crop.html

 

Western U.S. and Southwest Canada
Alaska, Oregon, Washington - Taking Care of Streams in Western Washington, Western Oregon, and Coastal Alaska: A Homeowner's Guide to Riparian Areas
http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/edmat/html/pnw/pnw552/pnw552.html

California - Fact Sheets by John Harper, Ken Tate and Mel George. Rangeland Watershed Program. http://danr.ucop.edu/uccelr/htoc.htm

  • Stream Channel and Riparian Area Monitoring for Ranchers - Emphasizes the importance of riparian monitoring and provides a short form to guide observations. http://danr.ucop.edu/uccelr/h18.htm
  • Grazing Effects on Riparian Areas Documentation shows that cattle, given the opportunity, will spend a disproportionate amount of time in a riparian area as compared to drier upland areas. http://danr.ucop.edu/uccelr/h14.htm
  • Riparian Pastures, explains an option that in many cases will protect the riparian habitat while also improving livestock production http://danr.ucop.edu/uccelr/h19.htm
  • Photo Points as a Monitoring Tool, discusses strengths, weaknesses, and methods of photo monitoring. http://danr.ucop.edu/uccelr/h16.htm
California - Livestock management in grazed watersheds: A review of practices that protect water quality, by Melvin R. George, University of California
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/newsltr/v9n2/sa-5.htm
New Mexico - Strategies for Livestock Management in Riparian Areas in New Mexico.
http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_b/b-119.html
Oregon - Cattle grazing and riparian zones can coexist, Oregon State University Extension & Experiment Station.
http://wwwagcomm.ads.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/news/Agriculture/cattle.html
Utah - Bureau of Land Management - Utah State Office. "Observing Change Through Historic Photographs". This site shows how photo-monitoring can show changes in riparian areas.
http://www.blm.gov/utah/resources/riparian/

Alberta - Cows and Fish: Alberta Riparian Habitat Management Program.
http://www.cowsandfish.org

Canadian Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration.
http://www.agr.gc.ca/pfra/land/riparian_e.htm
Rangelands West - photo monitoring