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Manage and reduce sediment generated by roads

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Approach

Manage and reduce sediment generated by roads

Tactics

  • Evaluate road system for sediment input
  • Reduce sediment input to streams by replacing culverts
  • and relocating and decommissioning roads

Citation

Raymond, C.L.; Peterson, D.L.; Rochefort, R.M., eds. (2014). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the North Cascades region. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-892. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station., Littell, J.S.; Peterson, D.L.; Millar, C.I.; O’Halloran, K.A. (2012). U.S. national forests adapt to climate change through science-management partnerships. Climatic Change. 110: 269–296.,

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