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File Riparian Forest Buffer - CPS 391
An area predominantly trees and/or shrubs located adjacent to and up-gradient from watercourses or water bodies.
Located in Information Materials / NRCS Conservation Practices & Materials / Conservation Practices
File Stream Habitat Improvement and Management - CPS 395
Maintain, improve or restore physical, chemical and biological functions of a stream, and its associated riparian zone, necessary for meeting the life history requirements of desired aquatic species.
Located in Information Materials / NRCS Conservation Practices & Materials / Conservation Practices
File Streambank and Shoreline Protection - CPS 580
Treatment(s) used to stabilize and protect banks of streams or constructed channels, and shorelines of lakes, reservoirs, or estuaries.
Located in Information Materials / NRCS Conservation Practices & Materials / Conservation Practices
File Watering Facility - CPS 614
A watering facility is a means of providing drinking water to livestock or wildlife.
Located in Information Materials / NRCS Conservation Practices & Materials / Conservation Practices
File Troff document Fence Job Sheet
NC Fence Job Sheet Installation Instructions
Located in Information Materials / NRCS Conservation Practices & Materials / Job Sheets
File Riparian Forest Buffer
Buffers are applied on stable areas adjacent to permanent or intermittent streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, and wetlands that flood or pond.
Located in Information Materials / NRCS Conservation Practices & Materials / Job Sheets
File Fence - CPS 382
This practice facilitates the accomplishment of conservation objectives by providing a means to control movement of animals and people, including vehicles.
Located in Information Materials / NRCS Conservation Practices & Materials / Conservation Practices
Field Day at Mountain Research Station
The Field Day at the Mountain Research Station in Waynesville, NC will be a great event for agricultural producers to get the latest updates on agricultural research and to see the latest and best available tools and equipment at the trade show. The NRCS Partner Biologists for the Hellbender Working Lands for Wildlife Initiative will be in attendance with information about the program. 
Located in News & Events / Eastern Hellbender Workshops
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File SIS package Improving the Utility of Artificial Shelters for Monitoring Eastern Hellbender Salamanders (Cryptobranchus alleganienses alleganiensis)
Artificial shelters show great promise as novel, non-invasive tools for studying hellbenders, but their use thus far has faced several challenges. During initial trials in multiple river networks, artificial shelters routinely became blocked by sediment and dislodged during high stream discharge events, and were rarely used by hellbenders. We sought to determine whether these complications could be overcome via alternative shelter design, placement, and maintenance. Between 2013 and 2018, we deployed 438 artificial shelters of two different designs across ten stream reaches and three rivers in the upper Tennessee River Basin. We assessed evidence for several hypotheses, postulating broadly that the availability, stability, and use of artificial shelters by hellbenders would depend on how shelters were constructed, deployed, and/or maintained. We found that maintaining shelters at least once every 40 days limited sediment blockage, and building ~ 40 kg shelters with 3-4 cm thick walls and recessed lids improved their stability during high discharge events. Additionally, we found that hellbenders most frequently occupied and nested in artificial shelters when they were deployed in deeper (~50+ cm) portions of reaches with high adult hellbender densities. Our results suggest that artificial shelters can serve as effective tools for studying hellbenders when designed, deployed, and maintained with these advancements, but also highlight some limitations of their use.
Located in Research / Artificial Nest Box Research