Incorporating forest road erosion into forest resource transportation planning: A case study in the Mica Creek watershed in Northern Idaho

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-127

  Rackley, Jennifer ^a   Chung, Woodam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Erosion; Forest roads; Network analysis; Sediment; WEPP

Indexed keywords

FOREST RESOURCE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; SEDIMENT DELIVERY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; FORESTRY; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; SEDIMENTS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST RESOURCE; FOREST SOIL; NETWORK ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; WATERSHED;

EROSION; FORESTRY; ROADS; SEDIMENTS;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41749103331     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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