Hydrologic Effects of Prescribed Burning and Deadening Upland Hardwoods in Northern Mississippi

S.J. Ursic

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Hydrologic Effects of Prescribed Burning and Deadening Upland Hardwoods in Northern Mississippi

Informally Refereed

Authors:

S.J. Ursic

Year:

1970

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. SO-54. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 15 p.

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Abstract

A winter burn and deadening of hardwoods with herbicide significantly increased stormflows, overland flows, peak discharges, and sediment production from two small watersheds in northern Mississippi. Most of the hydrologic effects were still evident 3 years after the fire.

Citation

Ursic, S.J. 1970. Hydrologic Effects of Prescribed Burning and Deadening Upland Hardwoods in Northern Mississippi. Res. Pap. SO-54. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 15 p.