Forestry best management practices for timber harvesting and site preparation in the eastern United States: An overview of water quality and productivity research during the past 20 years (1982-2002)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-36

  Aust, W Michael ^a   Blinn, Charles R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Erosion; hydrology; Sediment; Site preparation; Site productivity; Timber harvesting; Water quality; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; EROSION CONTROL; FORESTRY; LOGGING (TIMBER); WATER QUALITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344657228     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WAFO.0000012828.33069.f6     Document Type: Review

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