Taylor, Rachel, rrt5065@psu.edu; Preisendanz, Heather, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802; Veith, Tamie, USDA-ARS-Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit, Building 3702, Curtin Road, University Park, PA 16802, tamie.veith@usda.gov; Groh, Tyler, tag5611@psu.edu, Department of Ecosystems Management, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802.
Riparian buffers are a commonly utilized agricultural conservation practice. They are intended to treat water leaving fields before entering streams. However the amount of surface runoff actually intercepted and treated by riparian buffers may be undermined by concentrated flow pathways that form over time. In this research we created a new technique using GIS to determine Riparian areas in a central PA watershed susceptible to concentrated flow paths.
BMPs, Buffers