Watershed - Lower Buffalo River (BT07)
Lower Buffalo River Watershed

Details

The Lower Buffalo River Watershed is approximately 176,278 acres in size and consists of 638 miles of streams and rivers, 891 acres of lakes, and 9,907 acres of wetlands. The watershed is dominated by forests and agriculture, but is ranked high for nonpoint source issues affecting streams and groundwater in the watershed. Most streams in the Lower Buffalo River watershed have stream habitat that has been severely degraded by agricultural nonpoint source pollution. All assessed streams have degraded fishery habitat, mainly due to streambank destruction and in-stream sedimentation.

Date  1991