USFS Buffering America's Waterways Tool

<p><b>Open the Data Resource:</b> <a href='https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/a6154d9b5b7149eda95500414fa3cadf?item=2' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/a6154d9b5b7149eda95500414fa3cadf?item=2</a></p> <p>The Buffering America's Waterways Tool identifies watersheds across the country where there is the greatest opportunity to enhance surface drinking water quality by establishing trees, shrubs and other perennial vegetation in riparian areas. The tool aggregates the National Forests to Faucets 2.0 Assessment watershed importance data with percent of riparian area in cropland data (% cropland). The tool identifies riparian areas in watersheds important to surface drinking water that have a high opportunity for improving water quality by establishing perennial vegetation between cropland and water bodies.</p>