FARMING: BUFFER ZONES

Buffer strips of natural vegetation, when installed along streams and riverbanks, help to filter-out solids in runoff prior to entering the streams and rivers. This in turn reduces the turbidity of the water.

Grass or rock buffers around tile intakes can help to reduce excessive soil runoff.

The Lower Minnesota River Watershed District, being on the downstream end of the entire Minnesota River basin, is the receiving body for all the things, good and bad, which float down the river.