Hoosier Heartland RC&D Council, Inc.
     Riparian Buffer Project
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News Flash!
Learn More About Forest Buffers at Saturday's, October 13th , 2007 Workshop
Attend the "Trees Are a Stream's Best Friend" Workshop at the Holcombe Estates Property in Indianapolis.  The NO FEE workshop brochure has the agenda, location, and other details.  The registration deadline is 10/11/07.  This workshop is targeted to home owners association members and individuals interested in establishing riparian buffers along streams in their neighborhood.

What is the Riparian Buffer Project?
The Hoosier Heartland RC&D is sponsoring a two year grant project to provide cost share funds to landowners who wish to establish forested buffer plantings along streams, ponds, lakes, and wetlands in portions of the Upper White River Watershed that were affected by the large fish kill in 1999.  The project will reimburse for up to 75% of costs required to establish the buffers.

Cost share funding is provided through the Indiana Department of Environmental Management Section 319 Program and with funding from the White River Citizens Advisory Committee

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Purpose:
The purpose of the project is to improve water quality through the establishment of buffers.  Buffers help to:

• Create shade to lower water temperature to improve habitat for fish and other aquatic organisms,

• Provide a source of detritus and large woody debris for fish and other aquatic organisms and corridors for wildlife,

• Reduce excess amounts of sediment, organic material, nutrients, and pesticides and other pollutants in surface runoff and reduce excess nutrients and other chemicals in shallow groundwater flow. 
  (Source-  NRCS Conservation Practice Standard #391

Location:
Portion of the Upper White River Watershed, including all or portions of the following counties:

Eligible counties, Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Marion, and Tipton.  (See Service Area map)

Contacts:
Randy Jones, Project Coordinator     or     Hoosier Heartland RC&D
(317) 933-4169                                             (317) 290-3250
randy@aquaterracons.net                          www.hhrcd.org