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2020

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Sediment Production And Delivery From Timber Harvest Roads In Humboldt County, California, Chris P. Faubion Jan 2020

Sediment Production And Delivery From Timber Harvest Roads In Humboldt County, California, Chris P. Faubion

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

Sediment delivery from unpaved actively-used and relatively un-trafficked forest roads are one of the most common sources of impairment to aquatic ecosystems. Hence the objectives of this study were to: 1) compare the variability in erosion rates from actively used and relatively un-trafficked timber harvest roads across multiple water years in Railroad Gulch; 2) identify segment scale controls on road surface erosion and road-to-stream connectivity; 3) develop storm-based and annual segment scale models to predict road sediment production and compare the accuracy of these models to WEPP: Road; and 4) estimate road-related sediment loads to streams.

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