Riparian Areas
of South Dakota
What is a Riparian Area?
Riparian areas are the "green zones" of water-loving vegetation along waterways, streams, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and springs. Riparian areas protect water quality, maintain stream function, and provide important fish and wildlife habitat. If managed properly, they provide many benefits to people.Maintenance of productive riparian areas displays good stewardship of shared resources like water, fish and wildlife. Maintaining riparian area creates friends and allies for your operation.
Well-managed riparian areas buffer the destructive impacts of floods and drought.
The legal and political battles waged elsewhere on riparian issues and problems can be avoided with voluntary efforts now to include riparian management in overall operations.
Riparian Management Benefits
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This resource is based on the following source:
No author. No date. Riparian Areas of South Dakota: Riparian Management Benefits. Various Cooperators. Unpaginated.
Cooperators include:
- Conservation Districts of South Dakota
- Ducks Unlimited
- South Dakota Department of Agriculture
- South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources
- South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks
- Society for Range Management, South Dakota Section
- Soil and Water Conservation Society, South Dakota Chapter
- South Dakota Grassland Coalition
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- US Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency
- US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service
This resource should be cited as:
No author. No date. Riparian Areas of South Dakota: Riparian Management Benefits. Various Cooperators. Unpaginated. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/habitat/ripsd/index.htm (Version 02NOV99).
Table of Contents
- Riparian Function
- Water in the Bank
- Stream Banks - Riparian Foundations
- Building a Riparian Area
- Stream Horsepower
- Vegetation - The Roots of the Solution
- Riparian Areas, Uplands and Associated Watersheds
- Management of Riparian Areas and Their Uplands
- Opportunities for Success
- Riparian Management Practices
- Wintering and Calving Pastures
- Where to Get Help
Sponsors
Conservation Districts of South DakotaDucks Unlimited
South Dakota Department of Agriculture
South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources
South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks
Society for Range Management, South Dakota Section
Soil and Water Conservation Society, South Dakota Chapter
South Dakota Grassland Coalition
US Environmental Protection Agency
US Fish and Wildlife Service
US Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency
US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service
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