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Reducing stream siltation through slash filter windrows

Cain, C.; Burroughs, E.R., Jr. 1990. Reducing stream siltation through slash filter windrows. Paper No. 907533. Presented at the 1990 International Winter Meeting, American Society of Agricultural Enginers, Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel, Chicago, IL, December 18-21, 1990. 8 p.

Keywords: filter windrow, sedimentation, erosion, hydraulic excavator, roads, forests

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Abstract: Slash filter windrows at the base of fills on forest roads trap 75 to 85% of the sediment produced and reduce the distance it travels by 84%. Windrows built by hydraulic excavators with right-of-way slash also offer significant savings in the cost of forest road construction.

Moscow FSL publication no. 1990c