Cumulative effects of fuel treatments on channel erosion and mass wasting

Leslie M. Reid

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Cumulative effects of fuel treatments on channel erosion and mass wasting

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Leslie M. Reid

Year:

2010

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Elliot, William J.; Miller, Ina Sue; Audin, Lisa, eds. Cumulative watershed effects of fuel management in the western United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-231. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 101-125.

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Abstract

Controversy over fuel treatments on public forestlands often focuses on the potential for such treatments to contribute to cumulative watershed impacts. If a fuel treatment project modifies the production or transport of water, sediment, or woody debris through a channel network, downstream habitats and aquatic resources may respond adversely to the changes. If these changes augment impacts from previous or on-going activities, the fuel treatment project will have increased the overall level of impact-the cumulative impact-to downstream resources.

Parent Publication

Cumulative watershed effects of fuel management in the western United States

Keywords

cumulative effects, watershed, wildfire, fuel management, water quality, soil erosion

Citation

Reid, Leslie M. 2010. Cumulative effects of fuel treatments on channel erosion and mass wasting. In: Elliot, William J.; Miller, Ina Sue; Audin, Lisa, eds. Cumulative watershed effects of fuel management in the western United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-231. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 101-125.