A relatively undisturbed section of forest adjacent to an area requiring special attention or protection such as a stream, lake, or road.
See "Drainage Feature Protection Areas".
An area of forest, usually around streams, lakes, parks, major highways or other protected areas, from which all harvesting equipment and operations are excluded. Also called filter strip.
Forestry Operations & Water Quality] [ Forest Stewardship] A vegetation strip or management zone of varying size, shape, and character maintained along a stream, lake, road, recreation site, or different vegetative zone to mitigate the impacts of actions on adjacent lands, to enhance aesthetic values, or as a best management practice.
Vegetation strip left intact along a stream.
A management area closest to a sensitive environmental site (e.g., wetland, waterbody, etc.) in which human activities are prohibited or limited in order to minimize the negative impacts from adjacent land uses (like erosion, filter runoff pollutants, disturbances of wildlife) affecting the sensitive environmental site.
Also referred to as a filter strip. A strip of permanent vegetation of sufficient width and vegetative density adjacent to or near a susceptible target area to provide protection from microbial contamination through water. The vegetation retards the flow of run-off water, causing the flowing water to deposit silt.
Landscaped areas, open spaces, fences, walls, berms, or any combination of these, used to physically separate or screen one land use or piece of property from another. Buffers are often used to block light or noise.
An area of land left uncut next to a stream or road to minimize erosion, water pollution and/or enhance scenic considerations.
A protective area adjacent to an area requiring special attention or protection (Idaho Department of Lands 1990).
A protective strip of land or timber adjacent to an area requiring attention or protection. For example, a protective strip of unharvested timber along a stream.
This refers to a parcel or stretch of land that separates two pieces of property.
a narrow zone or strip of land, trees, or vegetation bordering an area. Common examples include visual buffers, which screen the view along roads, and streamside buffers, which are used to protect water quality. Vegetation left along a stream, lake or wetland to protect aquatic life and water quality. Buffer strips filter sediment, provide food, maintain cool water temperatures, and may increase diversity within a landscape.
A zone where plantings capable of filtering stormwater are established or preserved and where construction, paving and chemical applications are prohibited.
strip of vegetation left intact along a stream or lake during and after logging.
A barrier of permanent vegetation, either forest or other vegetation, between waterways and land uses such as agriculture or urban development, designed to intercept and filter out pollution before it reaches the surface water resource.
The vegetation along a stream left intact after logging or land clearing.
a strip of uncleared land, which is undisturbed, to hide the pit from view.
Strips of grass or other erosion-resistant vegetation between a waterway and an area of more intensive land use.
A parcel of land that separates two or more properties.
A narrow zone or strip of land, trees or vegetation bordering an area. Common examples include visual buffers, which screen the view along roads, and streamside buffers, which are used to protect water quality. Buffers may also be used to prevent the spread of forest pests.
A strip of land where disturbance is not allowed or is closely monitored to preserve or enhance aesthetic and other qualities along or adjacent to roads, trails, watercourses and recreation sites
1. A strip of grass or legumes between a parcel and a stream, to protect the stream from runoff, especially runoff containing fertilizer. 2. Land separating two pieces of property.