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  1. Stream Bank Stabilization (NRCS 580)

    https://agbmps.osu.edu/bmp/stream-bank-stabilization-nrcs-580

    Streambank stabilization practices protect banks of streams or constructed channels, and ... structural measures. Most measures are primarily used in streams and rivers, and for shoreline protection. ... container filled with rock, broken concrete, or other material) rock riprap rock gabions stream ...

  2. Filter Strips/Grassed Riparian Buffers (NRCS 393 & 390)

    https://agbmps.osu.edu/bmp/filter-stripsgrassed-riparian-buffers-nrcs-393-390

    drainage ditches and streams. Riparian herbaceous cover practices have many names but are most commonly ... and streams. Filter strips and riparian herbaceous cover are often considered synonyms. However, ... discharged into surface water systems such as ditches and streams. It improves ditch and streambank ...

  3. Channel Bed Stabilization (NRCS 584)

    https://agbmps.osu.edu/bmp/channel-bed-stabilization-nrcs-584

    aggradation (deposition of material by a river, stream, or current) or degradation that cannot be feasibly ... the stream corridor for fish and wildlife habitat, aesthetics, and recreation.  Measures must not: ... regulations relating to agricultural ditches, modified streams, and natural streams and rivers are complex. It ...

  4. Critical Area Planting (NRCS 342)

    https://agbmps.osu.edu/bmp/critical-area-planting-nrcs-342

    expected high rates of soil erosion by wind or water. Stabilize stream and channel banks, pond and other ...

  5. Riparian Forest Buffers (NRCS 391)

    https://agbmps.osu.edu/bmp/riparian-forest-buffers-nrcs-391

    A riparian forest buffer is an area of trees and/or shrubs that is adjacent to a river or stream ... zone is vegetated and hydrologically connected between the upland and stream, there may be no cost at ... revegetated or rebuilt (e.g., by way of stream bank reengineering), costs can increase quickly. In general, ...

  6. Restored Wetlands (NRCS 657)

    https://agbmps.osu.edu/bmp/restored-wetlands-nrcs-657

    hydrologic conditions can be approximated by modifying drainage, restoring stream/floodplain connectivity, ... possible, establish vegetated corridors to link the restored wetland to adjacent landscapes, streams, and ...

  7. Blind Inlet (NRCS 620)

    https://agbmps.osu.edu/bmp/blind-inlet-nrcs-620

    streams. The blind inlet is an in-field practice. Figure 44. Layers used for a blind inlet installation. ...

  8. Constructed Wetlands (NRCS 656)

    https://agbmps.osu.edu/bmp/constructed-wetlands-nrcs-656

    areas and outflow to a ditch or stream by gravity. Vegetation and microorganisms that thrive in the ...

  9. Nutrient Management Plan (NRCS 590)

    https://agbmps.osu.edu/bmp/nutrient-management-plan-nrcs-590

    concerns exist where fields have direct water contributions to ditches, streams, or rivers. Phosphorus ...

  10. Open Channel/Two-Stage Ditch (NRCS 582)

    https://agbmps.osu.edu/bmp/open-channeltwo-stage-ditch-nrcs-582

    A two-stage ditch is a design conversion that modifies the geometry of a ditch to establish benches within the ditch. The ditch provides a low-flow channel and then a vegetated bench that is flooded during higher flows. The vegetation provides some slowing of ...

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