Erosional processes on forest roads and flow duration characteristics of the Horse Creek streams

Larry C. Tennyson; Jack G. King; Bruce Prud'homme

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Erosional processes on forest roads and flow duration characteristics of the Horse Creek streams

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Authors:

Larry C. Tennyson, Jack G. King, Bruce Prud'homme

Year:

1981

Type:

Miscellaneous

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Cooperative Research Agreement IM-80-117-CA. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station; Moscow, ID: University of Idaho; College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences. 119 p.

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Abstract

Present concern for the potential impacts land use activities can have on the water resource has prompted an increased interest in evaluating the effects of forest management practices on Water yield and quality. The most widespread water quality problem associated with forest management and in particular silviculture and related road construction activities is accelerated site erosion with subsequent increased sedimentation of freshwater streams and lakes.

Keywords

erosion, sedimentation, forest roads, flow duration, streams, Horse Creek, forest management

Citation

Tennyson, Larry C.; King, Jack G.; Prud'homme, Bruce. 1981. Erosional processes on forest roads and flow duration characteristics of the Horse Creek streams. Cooperative Research Agreement IM-80-117-CA. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station; Moscow, ID: University of Idaho; College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences. 119 p.