Managing water quality in wetlands with forestry BMP's

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-66

  Rummer, Bob ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Forest harvesting; Hydrology; Roads; Sediment; Timber

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; FORESTRY; LOGGING (TIMBER); WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

EID: 4344628819     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WAFO.0000012826.29223.65     Document Type: Article

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