Watershed Forestry Resource Library

Study in Michigan exploring the effects of emerald ash borer (EAB) on riparian forest composition and structure. Study found that ash regeneration is decreasing, and more than 85% of mature ash have died in sites across southern Michigan.

A maintained list of nurseries where people in the Northeast commonly source planting stock for riparian buffer plantings.

Fall 2020 newsletter for the Watershed Forestry Partnership. Stories include an update from Friends of the Mad River, Redstart, and the Intervale Conservation Nursery; a description of the Functioning Floodplains Initiative; recent work on deer exclosure; and more.

Informed by 200 miles of rural roadside assessments and input from over 60 local volunteers and municipally focused professionals, this guide will give you the information you need to choose your community’s priorities and plan of action for your backroads. Use this guide to plan for site-specific tree and forest management that increases roadside resilience in the face of frequent disturbances, such as road construction and vegetation clearing, and long-term constraints, such as budget limitations, changing regulations, and increasing forest pests and disease.

Two-pager describing guidelines for timber harvesting around vernal pools to maintain ecosystem and habitat quality.

One-page fact sheets about Vermont Partners for Fish & Wildlife's work on riparian habitat restoration and wetland habitat restoration (one fact sheet per topic).

Agenda for the 2019 VT Riparian Buffer Working Group Meeting

Presentation slides updating the community on monitoring of 27 restoration sites across 7 watersheds in Vermont. Monitoring was done in 2013 and 2018. Overall survivorship was 48% in 2018, but was highly variable between sites. Describes survivorship and growth by species and outlines management implications.

Online GIS mapping system with conservation-specific layers, including a "surface water and riparian areas" layer, and a "riparian wildlife connectivity layer." For information on how the layers were created and how to interpret them, click the "Creating BioFinder & Vermont Conservation Design" link on this page.

Led by LTAR’s Upper and Lower Chesapeake Bay sites, this study found that riparian forested buffers reduce nitrogen pollution by 17 to 56%, and phosphorus pollution by 4 to 20%, while riparian grass buffers were roughly equally effective.