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Penn State Extension will host two webinar sessions on April 9 on Introduction To Working Riparian Buffers You Can Eat at Noon and 7:00 a.m.
Riparian buffers offer many environmental benefits that improve water quality, stream health, and wildlife habitat.
When buffers are "working" they can also diversify income, grow food for humans, and produce plants used for textiles and dyes.
This introductory webinar will provide information on the basics of working buffers, share resources for installation, and discuss current markets using riparian products.
Who is this for?
-- Forest Landowners
-- Forestry Professionals
-- General Public
What will you learn?
-- Introduction to working buffers and their importance for conservation
-- The basics of working buffer installation and maintenance
-- Introduction to the industries that exist using working buffer products
Click Here to register and for more information.
Also read Penn State Extension’s Multifunctional Riparian Forest Buffers - More Than Just Trees
Visit DCNR’s Riparian Buffers webpage for more information on resources available to plant and maintain buffers.
For more educational opportunities, visit the Penn State Extension website.
Upcoming Events:
-- Webinar: April 19 - Uses And Benefits Of Rain Barrels
-- Extension Online Water Courses
Other Extension Articles:
-- Springtime In Riparian Buffers: Flooded With Challenges, Opportunities
-- Downspout Planters For Residential Stormwater Management
-- Protect Your Wellhead To Safeguard Drinking Water Supplies
-- Participate In Pond Owners Survey
-- Stocking Fish In Ponds Now Requires Notification Of Fish Commission
How Clean Is Your Stream?
The draft 2024 report has an interactive report viewer that allows you to zoom in to your own address to see if the streams near you are impaired and why.
Click Here to check out your streams. Click Here for a tutorial on using the viewer.
(Reprinted from the latest Penn State Watershed Winds newsletter. Click Here to sign up for your own copy (bottom of page).
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-- Learn How Your Property Could Be Certified Watershed-Friendly By Penn State Extension At April 25 Workshop In Cumberland County [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: April 9 Webinars: Introduction To Working Riparian Buffers You Can Eat; Other Buffer Resources [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension, Partners Host Volunteer Tree Plantings/Workshops April 13 - Lebanon County, April 16 & 20, May 11 - Lancaster County [PaEN]
-- Call For Artists: Street 2 Creek Storm Drain Street Art Contest In City Of York [PaEN]
-- Allegheny National Forest Partnership Projects Improve Stream Health Using Federal Inflation Reduction Act Funds [PaEN]
-- April 23 Webinar: Importance Of Tree Equity Amidst Changing Community Climates Hosted By Penn State Extension, Partners [PaEN]
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[Posted: March 21, 2024]
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