Saturated buffer install

Installation of saturated buffer in Story County, Iowa, on land farmed by Justin Hanson. Dan Jaynes of USDA ARS inserts panels into a water control structure. The panels divert water from field tile into tile that run parallel to the stream, saturating the strip of land bordering the stream. Native prairie plants seeded in the buffer then remove nitrates from the water.

 

Please Credit: NRCS/SWCS photo by Lynn Betts

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