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4 <br /> r <br /> . Y—Yteaat a te d Bu f f e r,Ftr i ps/�urde n 2.f-..Pr o <br /> (A) Maintaining natu-ral vegetated buffer strias adjacent to <br /> wetlands s essentail for their Protection. <br /> "Buffers reduce wetland impacts by moderating impacts of <br /> stormwater runoff including stabilizing soil to prevent <br /> erosion; filtering suspended solids, nutrients, and harmful <br /> or toxic substances; and roderating water level fluctuations, <br /> (Castelle et al. , p. 7 <br /> "The following highlights some of the potential benefits to <br /> wildlife of vegetated buffers. . . . : <br /> increased species diversity: mixed habitat types <br /> promote greater diversity <br /> Increased foraging sites: mixed vegetation provides <br /> greater food availability <br /> - Wildlife dispersal corridor; wider buffers provide <br /> better travel corridor <br /> Escape from flooding <br /> - Hibernation sites <br /> - Breeding and nesting sites: wider buffers reduce <br /> nest pa:is3ttsm <br /> Decreased disturbance from neighboring areas <br /> Decreased predation: wider buffers further reduce <br /> predation" <br /> (Desbonnet et a l. , p, 26) <br /> (B) The wider~ a i2aturally vegetated buffer strip is the <br /> better. Buffers less than 50 feet in vidth offer- little <br /> in protective value, <br /> Citations: <br /> , <br /> Buffers f ess=than. .,90 eet-xn-Kidth areenerall fec-7 <br /> [ILEv e� .prote r wet-IIT s..- <br /> . <br /> han. .o.. are <br /> feces_s-a- y-�t � ect�r� c from a influx l of sediment and <br />- ���ie � oe-� rott-�w t-1 'nds from direct human disturbance <br /> p <br />{ to protect sensitive wildlife species from adverse impacts, and <br /> to protect wetlands from the adverse effects of chances in <br /> quantity of water entering the wetland," (Castelle et al. , P. <br /> 48) <br /> See attached table, adapted from D sbonnet et al. <br /> increases,. . __ 'u ff venessWidt s buffer <br /> width increases, the effectiveness of removi c sediments, <br /> nutrients, bacteria, and other pollutants from surface grater <br /> runoff increases. . . . . As buffer width increases, direct human <br /> impacts, such as dumped debris, cut or burned vegetation, 11 <br /> areas, and trampled vegetation, will decrease. As buffer width <br /> increases, the numbers and types of wetland-dependent and wet- <br /> land-related wildlife that can depend on the wetland and buffer <br /> for essential life needs increases,*� <br /> (Castelle et al. , p. 47 <br />