You Can’t Have it Without
Setbacks
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Water for Riparian Vegetation
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Room for Meander
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Buffer for Wildlife
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Safety During Rainstorms
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Spatial separation from swift flows
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Slower, lower peak flows
Upland, streamside, and aquatic areas are intimately linked by hydrology (subsurface flow)
Constrained streams erode.
Period.
(unless they’re concrete or otherwise completely hardened)
Wildlife behave differently when we’re around (no Texas Hold ‘em behind our backs)