Title: Estimating riparian area extent and land use in the Midwest.

Author: Palik, Brian J.; Tang, Swee May; Chavez , Quinn.

Year: 2004

Publication: Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-248. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 28 p.

Abstract: This report quantifies the amount and land use/land cover of riparian area in the seven-State Midwest Region of the continental United States. We estimate that riparian areas cover 8.9 to 13.2 million hectares in the region and that approximately 72 percent of riparian areas support natural or semi-natural land cover.