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Comparison of erosion reduction between wood strands and agricultural straw
Foltz, R.B.; Dooley, J.H. 2003.
Comparison of erosion reduction between wood strands and agricultural straw.
Transactions of the ASAE 46(5) 1389-1396.
September/October 2003.
St. Joseph, MI: ASAE.
Keywords: erosion, erosion control, mitigation, mulch, overland flow, residue, sediment control, straw mulch, wood strand
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Abstract:
Agricultural straw is widely used as an erosion mitigation measure on disturbed soils.
It has several drawbacks, however, which include increasing intrinsic value,
increasing transportatin costs, weed source, pesticide residues, and dust.
An alternative is wood strands manufactured from small diameter timber or
low-value veneer.
A study to determine the efficacy of wood strands as an alternative to straw
showed that straw and two types of wood strands were equally effective in
reducing erosion by over 98%.
The authors believe that there are opportunities to exceed the erosion
control performance of agricultural straw through the disciplined design
of a wood analog.
Work is continuing to improve the wood strand properties for further field
testing.
Moscow FSL publication no. 2003h
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