Klapproth, Julia C.Johnson, James E.2014-05-212014-05-212009-05-01http://hdl.handle.net/10919/48065Examines some of the issues surrounding the adoption of riparian forest buffers on private lands such as cost and highlights policies such as the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act that may be used to implement them.16 pagesapplication/pdfen-USVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.ForestryEnvironmental QualityExtension publicationhttp://pubs.ext.vt.edu/420/420-154/420-154_pdf.pdfRiparian forestsCost benefit analysisLegislation