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Ecologist Richard Lowrance (left) and agricultural engineer George Vellidis pump water from a sampling well at the edge of a restored riparian forest buffer. The restored buffer removes nutrients from shallow groundwater that would otherwise end up in downstream ponds or creeks.
Photo by Peggy Greb.
