testing vegitation (IMAGE)

Penn State

testing vegitation

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Riparian buffer designs studied included widths of 35 to 100 feet, some all grass, some all trees, and some -- like the one shown -- both trees and grass. On some, the effects of harvesting grass every year and trees every three years were modeled.

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Rob Brooks/Penn State

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