Techniques for assessing the environmental outcomes of conservation practices applied to rangeland watersheds

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Weltz, Mark A ^a   Jolley, Leonard ^b   Goodrich, Dave ^a   Boykin, Ken ^c   Nearing, Mark ^a   Stone, Jeff ^a   Guertin, Phil ^d   Hernandez, Mariano ^d   Spaeth, Ken ^b   Pierson, Fred ^a   Morris, Christo ^a   Kepner, Bill ^e  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HILLSLOPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL QUALITY; WATER EROSION; WATERSHED; WIND EROSION;

EID: 84861052171     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.66.5.154A     Document Type: Conference Paper

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