Wetland Road Crossings: Drainage Problems and Timber Damage

Joseph H. Stoeckeler

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Wetland Road Crossings: Drainage Problems and Timber Damage

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Joseph H. Stoeckeler

Year:

1967

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NC-27, St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

More than half the 70 wetland road crossings observed in a northeastern Minnesota survey showed timer killed or weakened by a rise in the water table caused by the damming effect of the road.

Keywords

Wetland Road Crossing, Drainage, water table

Citation

Stoeckeler, Joseph H. 1967. Wetland Road Crossings: Drainage Problems and Timber Damage. Research Note NC-27, St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station