Stream Buffers Program

The single most important action a landowner can take to protect the watershed is to promote and enhance vegetation (trees, shrubs, tall grasses) along their streams and ponds. Beginning with our workshop on this topic in July 2003, we have been gathering information to assist landowners in understanding the benefits of streamside vegetation, getting help, and implementing best practices.

• Report on the Thornton Re-Leaf Pilot Program June 2007 (PDF, 353KB)
  1. Maps (PDF, 265MB)
  2. Budget Report (PDF, 69KB)
  3. Milestone Table (PDF, 146KB)
  4. Urban BMP Tracking Form (PDF, 110KB)
  5. Flyer (PDF, 208KB)
  6. Site Evaluation Form (PDF, 172KB)
  7. Site database
  8. Guidelines for helping non-agricultural landowners (PDF, 116KB)
  9. Photos (PDF, 8.5MB) (also in our photo gallery, not PDF)
     
• RappFLOW Riparian Site Evaluation Form (draft June 2007)
• Guidelines for Helping Non-Agricultural Landowners
• RappFLOW 2007 Cost-Sharing Program for Non-Agricultural Land Owners to Protect and Improve Riparian Buffer Vegetation. Report to the Rappahannock County Planning Commission, May 16, 2007 (PDF, 182KB)
  
• 2007 Cost-sharing program for non-agricultural landowners
• Riparian Buffer Evaluation Handbook (PDF, 1.23MB)
• Riparian Buffer Evaluation Data Sheet (PDF, 31KB)
• Recommended Native Trees, Shrubs and Grasses for Riparian Buffers
  (download this document as an Excel spreadsheet)
• List of Nurseries for Native Plants
• 2003 Workshop Agenda
• Articles
• Partners and Resources
• Maps
• Photos I    Photos II
• NFWF Grant Forms From RappFLOW - Grant No. 2006-0100-01