Vegetative filter strips are an extremely beneficial conservation practice. Filter strips protect and improve water quality, provide shelter for small birds and mammals, and reduce soil erosion.

Vegetative filter strips (VFSs) are engineered bands of vegetation established adjacent to agricultural fields, urban developments, and construction sites to intercept surface runoff and reduce the ...

The Vegetative Filter Strip Assessment Law, passed by the state of Illinois in 1997, provides tax incentives for vegetative filter strips. A “vegetative filter strip,” will be valued at 1/6th of its ...

Researchers have found several plants, including blue flag iris, that can reduce the amount of common pesticides used on gold courses in soils. Using these plants as a "living filter" on the edge of ...

Field tests support laboratory research indicating that vegetative buffer strips can reduce levels of herbicide and veterinary antibiotics in runoff from farm plots. Plant species tested included tall ...