Buffer strips should be mandatory, says EWG

Landowners should be required to keep a 50-foot-wide buffer strip of permanent vegetation between cropland and waterways, said the Environmental Working Group, which proposed four “basic standards of care” to control agricultural runoff. In a report, EWG said voluntary conservation — the U.S. policy for decades — was a treadmill to nowhere, based on its… » Read More

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