What can individuals do to help protect their local streams from the impacts of climate change?
Restoring healthy riparian zones – those habitats along streams – is probably the single most important action that can be done to protect local streams from degradation caused by climate change. By working with landowners and local agencies, private citizens can replant streamside zones with native shrubs and trees that will protect stream banks during times of flood and provide increased shade to streams during hot periods. They can also identify springs, small streams and other sources of cold water that need to be protected from livestock or development.
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