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Riparian buffers line the edge of portions of Nassawadox Creek
Riparian buffers
Riparian buffers line the edge of portions of Nassawadox Creek
Riparian buffers
Looking west alone Route 363, Deal Island Road. Mongrel Neck and Saint Peters Marsh are situated between the road and Monie Bay to the north. Pigeonhouse Creek and then Dames Quarter Creek can be seen in the background.
Route 363, Deal Island Road
Development near Shiles Creek off the Wicomico River, amidst farms. Marsh and forest are found on the south side of the river.
Shiles Creek
Looking southeast across farms and forest buffers along The Gulf on Virginia's Eastern Shore, separating Savage Neck and Old Town Neck
The Gulf
The tip of Great Neck, at the mouths of Hungars Creek and Mattawoman Creek
Tip of Great Neck
Aerially, seagrasses can be seen growing off the northern end of Church Neck
Virginia's Eastern Shore
Farms along Church Neck Road and Westerhouse Road, on the eastern shore of Virginia
Virginia's Eastern Shore
Looking east over Virginia's Eastern Shore
Virginia's Eastern Shore
Looking east over Virginia's Eastern Shore.
Virginia's Eastern Shore
Looking east over Virginia's Eastern Shore
Virginia's Eastern Shore
Looking east over Virginia's Eastern Shore.
Virginia's Eastern Shore
Looking east over Virginia's Eastern Shore.
Virginia's Eastern Shore
Conceptual diagram illustrating how natural buffers can help prevent erosion and flooding in residential and urban areas.
Protective natural resources
Farm on the edge of northern Chesapeake Bay, with little vegetation buffer and riprap shoreline
Farm Chesapeake Bay
Mix of farming and urban development on Kent Island, Eastern Shore, Chesapeake Bay. The farming is surrounded by a forest buffer.
Kent Island
Small tributary to the Chesapeake Bay showing forest riparian buffer which reduces sediment and nutrient run-off from adjacent farming.
Riparian Buffer
Farming on the Eastern Shore. Showing bare soil and a riparian buffer (grass and trees) used to reduce sediment and nutrients entering the Chesapeake Bay.
Riparian buffer zone on the Eastern Shore
1.2 acres of riparian forest buffer are restored at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, VA.
Riparian Forest Buffer sign
Use of vegetative buffers at a naval facility in Portsmouth, VA on the Elizabeth River.
vegetative buffers
New Gosport upland riparian buffer planting in a highly urbanized area in Portsmouth, VA.
riparian buffer planting
Army Corps of Engineers has restored over 19 acres of riparian forest buffer at Raystown Lake in Pennsylvania.
Raystown Lake
Navy Personnel complete a Riparian Forest Buffer planting at a former Superfund site.
Riparian Forest Buffer complete
May 2005, Tred Avon River, Easton, MD
Phragmite marsh and bank erosion of streamside…
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