VIDEO: The Importance of Streamside Forests to
Chesapeake Bay Waterways

From Stormwater PA Blog
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Marshallton, PA – Studies by internationally acclaimed Stroud Water Research Center have shown that healthy forests bordering streams not only prevent numerous pollutants from reaching the water, but also multiply the stream’s natural ability to cleanse itself of pollutants that do make their way into the water. On a small farm that is typical of many in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, scientists have demonstrated that a treatment train approach that applies a series of best management practices in with a forested buffer is very effective in protecting the water quality in a small stream. They suggest the lessons learned have broad implications for the future of the Chesapeake Bay.

Bernard Sweeney, PhD, Director of the Stroud Water Research Center:

The science is now clear that widespread implementation of streamside forest buffers is one of the simplest, most cost effective approaches to eliminating many of the problems of the Chesapeake Bay…

Click the video image below to view the ~6min. Streamside Forest Buffers Improving Water Quality video.