This item was presentation # 17 at the April 2007 Water Quality Short Course. More information on the 2007 Water Quality Short Course, including an agenda and links to to other presentations, may be found at http://www.mowin.org/WQSC/April2007/index.htmlFor the items in MOspace regarding the 2007 Water Quality Short Course, please see https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/browse?value=Water+Quality+Short+Course+2007&type=subjectThis presentation includes two parts. The first part (83 slides) discusses riparian forest buffers, including function, types and design considerations. The second part (68 slides) discusses findings that agroforestry and grass buffers increase water stable soil aggregates and soil enzyme activity