Wed, Nov 25 2009
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Urban areas can support abundant wildlife with buffer strips, riparian areas Andy QuallsMuskogee County Conservation District In some cases “water gardens” which are basically vegetative buffers are being used in cities to protect the environment from contaminants and pollution that is present in runoff from parking lots and other urban areas. By absorbing and slowing down the runoff from urban areas, plants and natural processes are allowed to decrease the overall concentration of pollutants entering the environment.
Creeks and streams managed properly will result in a low-maintenance, high-productivity ecosystem, in which a large variety of plant and animal species can not only survive but prosper while sustaining the beauty and productivity of the area. There is a certain satisfaction in being able to spend a few moments on a fall evening watching some deer browse on the edge of a field or glimpse a bobcat slipping quietly through the leaves on land that you have protected for the benefit of all. 
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