Skip to main content
Menu
About Us
Our Story
MyWoodlot Team
Contact Us
FAQs
Blog
MyWoodlot Blog
MyWoodlot Vlog
I'm Interested In...
All Activities
Beauty & Scenery
Climate Change and My Woods
Community
Fire & Storm Damage
Income
Leaving a Legacy
Nature & Wildlife
Pests
Privacy & Trespassing
Protecting Water
Recreation
Reducing Taxes
Resources
Activity Starter Kits
Mapping Tool
Directory
Model Forests
Glossary
Video Galleries
Log In/Register
Discussions
Events
Calendar
About Us
Our Story
MyWoodlot Team
Contact Us
FAQs
Blog
MyWoodlot Blog
MyWoodlot Vlog
I'm Interested In...
All Activities
Beauty & Scenery
Climate Change and My Woods
Community
Fire & Storm Damage
Income
Leaving a Legacy
Nature & Wildlife
Pests
Privacy & Trespassing
Protecting Water
Recreation
Reducing Taxes
Resources
Activity Starter Kits
Mapping Tool
Directory
Model Forests
Glossary
Video Galleries
Understand My Streamside Areas
I'm Interested In...
Protecting Water
Understand My Streamside Areas
Share it!
The first step in caring for your streamside area is to understand what and where they are.
Caring for Your Streams and the Wildlife that Depend on Them (4.4MB)
This 2-page factsheet offers suggestions on how protect your streamside areas during logging. These areas are especially important for wildlife and water, and they are sensitive to disturbance.
Riparian Buffers Do's and Don'ts
This quick, 1-page factsheet lists both practices that can help your streamside areas and others that can harm them.
Related Activities
Find Out What Lives in My Stream
Discover the Value of Dead Trees
Get Help from the Catskill Streams Buffer Initiative
Do a Streamside Health Checkup
Share it!
Previous Activity
Maintain Planted Trees
Even with protection, newly planted trees need your tender loving care to help them survive. Use ...
Next Activity
Include Best Management Practices in My Timber Sale Contract
Require your logger to reduce soil erosion by including Best Management Practices in your written...