Have you ever heard of an area described as being “riparian?” What does this term mean and what do these areas have to do with water quality and ecosystem health? Made up of streambanks, wetlands and ...

A healthy stream thrives when its waters are cool, clear, and free of erosion and pollution. Riparian buffers are guardians ...

Development along the banks of the Roaring Fork River has damaged riparian areas so significantly that it’s led to water quality problems and the river is listed by the state as an impaired waterway ...

You've seen the situation, land where the trees and bushes have been or are being stripped along the waters edge. Situations where a landowner, intent on rehabbing or building a new house on the ...