Vegetative Best Management Practices

A vegetative Best Management Practice (BMP) is a natural process preserving existing vegetation or establishing ground cover to minimize soil erosion.
 

	Mulch Blanket/High Velocity Mulch Blankets - A process to enhance plant establishment and help hold fertilizer, seed, and topsoil in place in the presence of wind and rain runoff after an earth disturbing activity.
	Permanent/Temporary Seeding - An inexpensive, yet effective, method to stabilize flat areas and slopes.
	Vegetative Buffers at Watercourse - A specified width of buffer between a construction site and an adjacent watercourse.  The buffer acts as a filter to reduce soil erosion and sedimentation from entering the watercourse.
	Vegetated Buffer Strips - A method to reduce sheet flow velocities which may create rilling and gullying.  Also useful to establish permanent vegetative cover and prevent sloughing and loss of seed.