Field Day to help landowners keep streams healthy

Learn how to keep farm land and streams healthy and productive.

NEW FRANKLIN-Keeping land along Missouri's rivers and streams healthy and profitable is the goal of a field day sponsored by the University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry.

The Riparian Buffer Field Day will take place Oct. 27 at the Agroforestry Research Center at New Franklin. The event will help landowners achieve business goals while taking care of one of the state's most valuable natural resources.

Tree-lined steam banks are more than scenic amenities. A border of forest land along streams prevents erosion, keeps sediment, nutrients and agrichemicals out of runoff water and reduces the severity of flooding. Such "riparian buffers" also provide tremendous benefits to deer, turkeys, songbirds, furbearers and other wildlife.

Resource professionals and landowners who are interested in obtaining these benefits can see first-hand how to establish and maintain wooded stream corridors at the free field day.

Topics to be covered include:

--Riparian buffer function and design

--Tree species selection

--Tree planting configurations

--Wildlife management

--Autumn tree and shrub planting.

Attendance will be limited to 40 persons. Registration closes Oct. 21. For information, contact Julie Rhoads, Rhoadsj@missouri.edu or visit www.centerforagroforestry.org.

-Jim Low-

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