Management Guidelines for Riparian Forests 



START at streambank 

 or hi^-water mark 



i 



Wetlaiid 

 <50' 



i 



Slope 



>15% 



i 



Variable 

 Slope 



i 



STOP AT FORMULA" 

 DISTANCE-USE 

 AVERAGE SLOPE, 



Wetland 

 >50' 



■> Slope 

 <159{ 



■>- Uniform 

 Sk^ie 



^Bench>50' 

 from bank 



Bench<60' 

 £rombank 



STOPatedgfe 

 of wetland 



STOP at 50' 

 MINIMUM 



STOP AT 



FORMULA* 



DISTANCE 



STOP AT 

 EDGE OF 

 BENCH 



STOP AT SO- 

 MINIMUM 



C 



* FORMULA: SMZ = % Slope X 100 X Erodibility Factor (2, 



1, 3 or 4) J 



Figure G-1: Field guide for locating the edges of the SMZ 



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