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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
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