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Mississippi Delta MSEA - Grass Filter Strip

Grass Filter Strip

Areas (15' wide strips) around oxbow lake where overland sheet flow occurs are planted in tall fescue and switchgrass. This BMP provides for runoff containing suspended sediment to be filtered before reaching the lake.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Water Quality and Ecology Research: Oxford, MS