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Designer/Reviewer Checklist <strong>for</strong> Protect Riparian Buffer Areas<br />

References<br />

ITEM YES NO N/A NOTES<br />

Define municipal programs requirements or resources <strong>for</strong> riparian<br />

buffer protection, if any<br />

Based on above and relevant sources, establish riparian buffer<br />

protection standards <strong>for</strong> development site<br />

Map riparian resources at the site which need buffer protection<br />

Apply Zone1/Zone2/Zone3 determinations; adjust <strong>for</strong> steep<br />

slopes and/or other natural/made factors.<br />

Overlay development program onto site, avoiding/minimizing<br />

Riparian Buffer Zone impacts.<br />

Provide <strong>for</strong> Riparian Buffer Zone maintenance?<br />

Provide <strong>for</strong> Riparian Buffer Zone protection in perpetuity (deed<br />

restrictions? covenants? easements?)?<br />

Center <strong>for</strong> Watershed Protection. Better Site Design: A Handbook <strong>for</strong> Changing <strong>Development</strong> Rules in your Community.<br />

Ellicott City, MD, 1998.<br />

Cwikiel, Wilfred. <strong>Michigan</strong> Wetlands – Yours to Protect: A Citizen’s Guide to Wetland Protection (third edition).<br />

Petoskey, MI: Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, 2003.<br />

Huron River Watershed Council. Riparian Buffer Model Ordinance. 2008.<br />

Keller, Chency, et al. “Avian Communities in Riparian Forests of Different Widths in Maryland and Delaware,”<br />

Wetlands, Volume 13: (2): 137-144, 1993.<br />

Meehan, William, Editor. Influences of Forest and Rangeland Management on Salmonid Fishes and their Habitats,<br />

Special Publication 19. Bethesda MD, American Fisheries Society, 1991.<br />

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Riparian Strategies <strong>for</strong> Urban Stream Protection. Washington,<br />

DC, December 1995.<br />

Nutrient Subcommittee of the Chesapeake Bay Program. Water Quality Functions of Riparian Buffer Systems in the<br />

Chesapeake Bay Watershed. EPA 903-R-95-004, 1995.<br />

Oakland county Planning and Economic <strong>Development</strong> Services. Planning <strong>for</strong> Green River Buffers: A Resource<br />

Guide <strong>for</strong> Maximizing Community Assets Related to Rivers, 2007<br />

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Area, State and Private Forestry. Chesapeake Bay<br />

Riparian Handbook: A Guide <strong>for</strong> Establishing and Maintaining Riparian Forest Buffers, June 1998.<br />

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Area, State and Private Forestry. Riparian Forest<br />

Buffers: Function and Design <strong>for</strong> Protection and Enhancement of Water Resources, 1991.<br />

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Region. 1992. Stream Habitat Improvement Handbook.<br />

Tech Pub R8-TP16, 1992.<br />

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “Notes on Riparian and Forestry Management,” USEPA Nonpoint Source<br />

News Notes. Washington DC, March 1992.<br />

LID <strong>Manual</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Michigan</strong> – Chapter 6 Page 95

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