The Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council recognizes October as Riparian Buffer Month. We take the month to build awareness, promote events, and fundraise for training on riparian buffers. The buffer success stories posted here have been submitted to us by professionals across the watershed.
Guest Blogger Rebecca Lauver October 2nd 2023 As riparian forest buffer plantings become increasingly prevalent, more and more folks are aware of what a successful tree planting looks like in the field. Having a maintenance plan in place, proper native species selection, and appropriate planting techniques are all more commonplace aspects of riparian…
November 9, 2022 By Kristen Parsons DC Green Infrastructure Projects Assistant Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay How do you balance multiple organizational missions while collaborating on a project? What do you do if the community you are trying to help doesn’t understand why you want to remove trees and shrubs in their neighborhood? How do…
Location: Natural Bridge Station, VA Partners Involved: Chesapeake Bay Foundation Type of Buffer: Agricultural Submitted by: Sarah Coffey Landowners/producers Bill and Lea Braford rotationally graze a cow-calf herd on a 250-acre farm in Rockbridge County, Virginia. During a field visit hosted the Upper and Middle James Riparian Consortium in April 2021, Chesapeake Bay…
October 17th, 2022 By Cindy Adams Dunn At the start of my career, I worked as an environmental educator and leader of Pennsylvania’s emerging efforts to improve the quality of its rivers and streams that flowed to the Chesapeake Bay. Then, just as now, I could be found along waterways in the dirt…
Location: Pennsylvania Partners Involved: 238 different partners Type of Buffer: Urban, Costal, and agricultural Submitted by: Brenda Sieglitz How does 1 organized group of partners plant 10 million trees? Collaboration. Dedication. Transparency. Commitment. GUTS. With 236 partners and more signing on every day, it’s been a monumental challenge to figure out how to count all…