Effectiveness of timber harvest practices for controlling sediment related water quality impacts

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1307-1327

  Rashin, Edward B ^a   Clishe, Casey J ^b   Loch, Andrew T ^c   Bell, Johanna M ^d  

^a Nicolas Regules No 573   (Mexico)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY   (United States)

^c City of Shoreline   (United States)

^d City of Boise Geothermal Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Erosion; Forest management; Headwater streams; Nonpoint source pollution; Sediment; Stream buffers; Water quality standards

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; STREAM BUFFERS; WATER QUALITY STANDARDS;

TIMBER;

EROSION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; SEDIMENTS; TIMBER; WATER QUALITY;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; EROSION; SEDIMENT; STREAM; STREAM CHANNEL; TIMBER HARVESTING; WATER QUALITY;

EROSION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33845312295     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2006.tb05303.x     Document Type: Article

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