Effectiveness of vegetative filter strips
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1993
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Schultz, John
Cruse, Richard
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Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
The Leopold Center is a research and education center on the campus of Iowa State University created to identify and reduce negative environmental and social impacts of farming and develop new ways to farm profitably while conserving natural resources.
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The use of close-growing plants, such as in grass sod, is a long-established technique for controlling soil erosion. This approach serves two purposes: (1) the fine root system of sod holds soil in place, thereby reducing its susceptibility to erosion, and (2) the plants slow the velocity of water flow, which reduces the sediment-carrying capacity of the water