RappFLOW::Ways to Protect the Watershed

Rappahannock Friends and Lovers of Our Watershed

Home Who We Are Join Us! My Watershed 2008 Clean Streams Initiative 2007 Stream Buffers Program -Cost-Sharing Program -List of Native Plants -Sources of native plants -Buffer Evaluation Handbook -Buffer Evaluation Data Sheet Scenic Rivers Program Ways to Protect Our Watershed Streamside Vegetation Stop Erosion Sustainable Forestry Sustainable Agriculture Water Quality Monitoring Upper Thornton River Watershed Study Friends of the Rush River Hazel River Task Force Maps Press Coverage Reports and Pubs Resources Archive E-mail RappFLOW	Ways to Protect Our Watershed We are continually discovering more ways to help protect our watershed, and more resources to assist individuals and groups. In each of the following sections, you will find people, ideas, and how-to-do-it information to assist you in your efforts to protect and benefit from your land, streams, ponds, groundwater, and other natural resources. Promote Streamside Vegetation The single most important action a landowner can take to protect the watershed is to promote and enhance vegetation (trees, shrubs, tall grasses) along their streams and ponds. Beginning with our workshop on this topic in July 2003, we have been gathering information to assist landowners in understanding the benefits of streamside vegetation, getting help, and implementing best practices. Section Homepage Workshop Agenda Articles Resources Map Photos Stop Erosion Now One of the most important actions we can take to protect our watershed is to prevent and control erosion and sedimentation from driveways, roads, and other earth-disturbing activities. Beginning with our workshop on this topic in November 2003, we have been gathering information to assist landowners, excavators, and developers in understanding the benefits of erosion control, getting help, and implementing best practices. Section Homepage Workshop Agenda Articles Resources Map Photos Sustainable Forestry One of the most important actions we can take to protect our watershed is to manage our forested lands carefully. Beginning with our workshop on this topic in July 2004, we have been gathering information to assist landowners, foresters, and local woodworkers in understanding the benefits of sustainable forestry, getting help, and implementing best practices. Section Homepage Workshop Agenda Articles Resources Maps Photos Exhibitors Sustainable Agriculture One of the most important actions we can take to protect our watershed is to manage our agricultural lands carefully and help to sustain farming as a key industry in our County. Beginning with our workshop on this topic in August 2004, we have been gathering information to assist landowners, farmers, and the general citizenry in understanding the benefits of sustainable agriculture, getting help, and implementing best practices. Section Homepage Workshop Agenda (summary) Articles Resources Maps Photos