Farmers plant or preserve riparian buffers for various reasons, such as improving water quality, controlling erosion, or maintaining hunting habitat. Now, a new study from the University of Illinois ...
Planting forests with diverse species can help ensure their success, according to a new study published May 18 from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) and The Nature Conservancy. The ...
New University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research finds that for every 10% increase in riparian forest cover adjacent to agricultural fields, an additional terrestrial species is present. URBANA, ...