Learn from Ryan Davis, Pennsylvania Forest Program Manager, about what side-wide maintenance, like mowing and herbicide application, looks like and adaptations you can use in certain challenging situations. This video is part of the Riparian Restoration 101 series on buffer design, implementation, and maintenance.
Video Outline:
00:38- Sites that are not being properly maintained
1:30- The importance of proper management
2:25- Adaptive management
3:47- Using string trimming in adaptive management
5:19- Herbicide application
6:21- Long term management
This series was created by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and the Upper and Middle James Riparian Consortium, and funded by the James River Association. Learn more about the Consortium at