Taking Action | Riparian

"The key to maintaining healthy riparian areas is understanding how they work or function. Once you understand how they work, you can manage riparian areas to restore or maintain those functions."
(http://cowsandfish.org/riparian/riparian.html)

Caring for riparian areas:
What you can do

Acreage owners

Lakeshore owners

Community initiatives

Recreational users

Agricultural producers

Municipal leaders

Education for kids

General recommendations

Find out more about what you can do as a landowner, community member

or municipal leader to help restore and

conserve riparian areas.

What kind of project are you interested in?

Agricultural

Solutions

Fencing, offsite watering, grass buffers and grazing management

Home Solutions Stormwater runoff, lawn and garden

Planting

Trees, shrubs, native species and riparian plants

General Recommendations

Some general tips for living and recreating near riparian areas

Photo credits: Riparian workshop photo: AWES Alberta (Community Initiatives section). Don Gregorwich, Camrose County (Municipal Leaders section). All others are in the public domain or were provided by NSWA and BRWA.

"The key to maintaining healthy riparian areas is understanding how they work or function. Once you understand how they work, you can manage riparian areas to restore or maintain those functions." (http://cowsandfish.org/riparian/riparian.html)

Caring for riparian areas: What you can do