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EROSION ON LOGGING ROADS IN REDWOOD CREEK, NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA 1
Author(s) -
Rice Raymond M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1999.tb04204.x
Subject(s) - culvert , logging , erosion , surface runoff , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , watershed , geology , forestry , geography , geomorphology , geotechnical engineering , ecology , machine learning , computer science , biology
Road‐related erosion was estimated by measuring 100 randomly located plots on a 180 km road network in the middle reach of R'dwood Creek in northwestern California. The estimated erosion ratn of 177 m 3 km ‐1 was contrasted with two earlier studies in nearby parts of the same watershed. A sizable proportion of the great reduction in erosion from that reported in the earlier studies is attributed to changes in forest practice rules. Those changes have resulted in better placement and sizing of culverts and, especially, to less reliance on culverts to handle runoff from logging roads.