Riparian forest buffer definition
Riparian forest buffer means a strip or area of vegetation containing trees and grass for removing sediment, organic matter, and other pollutants from runoff and wastewater.
Riparian forest buffer means a woodland riparian buffer preserved or installed and maintained around a waterbody with perennial flow. The riparian buffer shall be a minimum width of 35 feet as measured from the top of the channel bank to the edge of the mitigation zone, cropland, hayland, or pasture and in accordance with DCR Specifications for NO. FR-3 or DCR Specifications for NO. WQ-1 contained in the Virginia Agricultural BMP Cost-Share Manual.
Riparian forest buffer means a linear wooded area of varying width near a water feature that help filter nutrients, sediments and other pollutants from runoff as well as remove nutrients from groundwater (1).