Riparian Agriculture. The united states department of agriculture (usda) has conservation programs that help pennsylvania farmers with reducing soil erosion, improving water quality, reducing flood damage, among others. • filter sediment from agricultural land runoff.
This field workbook and associated factsheets also represent a first commitment on the part of the agriculture community to develop an alternative assessment Sediment in the waterway damages aquatic habitat; Figure 1 — benefits that a riparian buffer can provide.