Friday, December 2nd 1:30-2:30pm E.S.T

Traditional riparian forest buffers help protect our waterways by reducing agricultural run-off and soil loss while also providing shade and woody debris to enhance wildlife habitat. Multi-functional riparian buffers build on this idea by also allowing landowners to grow a perennial food crop in the buffer zone. Join us for the third installment of the NEMA Agroforestry Webinar Series, with Emily Lachiniet and Katie Commender of Appalachian Sustainable Development (ASD).
Emily will share ASD’s work with an NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant project that is nearing completion. The project’s aim was to promote these types of buffers in Southwest Virginia by establishing on-the-ground demonstration buffers and developing outreach materials and tools. Emily will share lessons learned about buffer design, species and cultivar selection, and landowner participation highlighting several case studies from the project.
Katie will introduce us to the Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) Calculator. This Microsoft Excel-based tool provides general estimates of income potential from harvesting and selling non-timber forest products from a conservation planting.