IFAS Extension
Vegetative Filter Strips—A Best Management Practice for Controlling Nonpoint Source Pollution
Ashley Smyth, Lei Wu, Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, and Yuncong Li
Release Date: 8/20/2025
Water Resources
Abstract
About this Publication
This document is SL432, one of a series of the Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 2015. Revised November 2018 and December 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
About the Authors
Ashley Smyth, assistant professor, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center; Lei Wu, assistant professor, Russ College of Engineering and Technology, Ohio University; Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; and Yuncong Li, professor, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS TREC; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.
Authors
associate professor, biogeochemistry, Ph.D., Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center
distinguished professor, hydrology & water quality, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
professor, soil and water quality, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL