Project Description
Intensive agricultural production in the Western Corn-Belt Ecoregion has created an undesirable
amount in water quality, wildlife, and other environmental amenities. Conservation buffers can
help reverse this trend by establishing strips of perennial vegetation, which can improve the ecological functioning
of the landscape.
The National Agroforestry Center is developing a planning framework to facilitate planning and designing conservation
buffers for multiple objectives. This framework integrates regional, landscape, and site scale information using a
question-based process.
This five-year project, funded by EPA, was started in August 1999. To learn more about the project, click on the links.
Funding for this effort is provided through cooperative agreements AG-02100251 with the Agricultural Research Service
(ARS) and C R 826704-01-0 with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The results presented are the sole
responsibility of the P.I. and may not represent the policies or positions of the ARS or EPA.
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