In total, 24 riparian buffer strips were surveyed and sampled along the Little Blue, Big Blue, and Republican Rivers. At each site, three transects were set up extending across the buffer strip from the streambank towards the crop field. A streambank stability assessment was performed at each transect, along with a plant survey. Five sampling points for soil samples were established for each buffer strip, including one at the slope break, one at the field edge, one in the field, and two in the buffer strip between the slope break and field edge. Each sampling point was sampled for soil phosphorus samples different depths, and sampled for bulk density at the surface. Samples are currently being submitted to the K-State Soil Testing Lab for analysis.
Contact: Colby Moorberg, Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University