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From watersheds to the web: Online tools for modeling forest soil erosion

From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:

Forest erosion can lead to topsoil loss, and also to damaging deposits of sediment in aquatic ecosystems. For this reason, forest managers must be able to estimate the erosion potential of both planned management activities and catastrophic events, in order to decide where to use limited funds to focus erosion control efforts.

Read the brief here.

Read the original publication here.

Posted by:
Gloria Edwards
Published on:
April 9, 2020
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Categories: Maps, Models, and Apps, Publication, Research Brief/SynthesisTags: disturbance, Forest Management, forest soils, forests, post-fire debris flows, post-fire erosion, post-fire runoff, post-fire treatments, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USFS

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