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Reforestation

reforestation sign
Forest buffers help to reduce flooding.
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Reforestation efforts within the Big Darby watershed are important because streamside forests intercept sediment, nutrients, pesticides, and other materials in surface runoff. Woody vegetation in forest buffers provides food and cover for wildlife, helps lower water temperatures by shading the water, and reduces downstream flooding. In addition, the vegetation closest to the stream provides nutrients important to aquatic organisms.
 
In April 2001 in southern Franklin County, 55 acres of floodplain were restored to a 700-foot wide riparian forest buffer by The Nature Conservancy and Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District and other conservation partners. More than 100 volunteers planted 19,000 native trees along Big Darby Creek.
 
Other restoration efforts include the reforestation of 40 acres of privately owned property along the Little Darby Creek. A unique partnership helped make this project possible. Working with The Nature Conservancy, the Ohio Division of Forestry, Top of Ohio Resource Conservation and Development, the landowner, and with funding from the Dayton Power & Light Company, 20,000 native trees were planted on previously farmed land and now provide multiple benefits to the fragile ecosystem in the Darby watershed.

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