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Shoreline Conservation. Designing Landscape Buffers for Water Quality. Shoreline Conservation. Topics Designing Shoreline Buffers for Water Quality Concepts & Examples Guidelines for Installing a Buffer Maintenance Guidelines Native Plants for Shoreline Buffers.
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Shoreline Conservation Designing Landscape Buffers for Water Quality
Shoreline Conservation • Topics • Designing Shoreline Buffers for Water Quality • Concepts & Examples • Guidelines for Installing a Buffer • Maintenance Guidelines • Native Plants for Shoreline Buffers
Design Process • Site Analysis • Define Goals • Accurately Map Existing Site Conditions • Develop Schematic Design • Refine Design, Select Plants
Guidelines for Installing Buffers • If possible let natural succession take the lead and adjust from there. • Handle erosion forces with bio-engineering techniques, when applicable. • Minimize ground disturbance, preserve existing root mass. • Select plants based upon plant community models.
Coconut Fiber Rolls Cylindrical structures composted of coconut husk fibers bound together with twine woven from coconut material to protect slopes from erosion while trapping sediment which encourages plant growth within the fiber roll.
Vegetated Geogrids Alternating layers of plantings and compacted soil with natural or synthetic geo-textile materials wrapped around each soil lift to rebuild and vegetate eroded shoreline. This may be used in conjunction with stone armoring.
Maintenance Guidelines • Select desired succession level and manage accordingly • Keep undesirable trees and shrubs minimized by cut and paint • No fertilizers or sprayed herbicides if possible
