Moscow FSL - Reduction of soil erosion on forest roads

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Reduction of soil erosion on forest roads

Burroughs, E.R., Jr.; King, J.G. 1989. Reduction of soil erosion on forest roads. General Technical Report INT-264. Ogden, UT: U.S. Forest Service Intermountain Research Station. 21 p.

Keywords: soil erosion, forest roads, erosion control, erosion reduction, estimating sediment transport

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Abstract: Results of on-site erosion control work from across the United States provide estimates of the amount of erosion reduction on forest roads from various treatments. Supplementary information includes the effects of slope gradient, soil characteristics, and ground cover. Estimates of sediment travel below fillslopes can be made, together with the combined effect of erosion control treatments of the running surface, road cut, and ditch.

Moscow FSL publication no. 1989a