Upland soil erosion monitoring and assessment : an overview

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Series: Technical note (United States. Bureau of Land Management), 438

By

Ypsilantis, Bill.

Biggam, Pete.
Bryant, Lisa.
Davis, Randall.
Herrick, Jeffrey E.,
Horn, E.
Karl, Michael G.
Matthews, Neffra.
Muller, Daniel A.
Noble, Tom.
Pellant, Michael L.
Renthal, James S.
Smith, Chris.
National Operations Center (U.S.). Information and Publishing Services Section.
United States. Bureau of Land Management.
United States. Bureau of Land Management. Division of Environmental Quality and Protection.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Denver, CO, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, National Operations Center, 2011

Notes

Soil erosion monitoring and assessment are important tools in determining impacts from land management practices. Various methods have been used by the Bureau of Land Management to monitor soil erosion. This technical note is intended to aid resource specialists in evaluating techniques for monitoring and assessing upland soil surface erosion, other than gully erosion. A brief discussion of erosion processes is incorporated in this document. Highlighted monitoring techniques include visual indicators of erosion, watershed cover, remote sensing cover, silt fence catchments, erosion bridge, erosion plots, close-range photogrammetry, and cesium-137. An overview, brief discussion on procedure, advantages and disadvantages, and data analysis considerations are summarized for each monitoring technique. Listed references provide more detailed information about each technique and instructions on implementing erosion monitoring techniques.

"June 2011."

"Bureau of Land Management, Environmental Quality and Protection, Washington, DC."

"BLM/OC/ST-11/001+7100."

"Publication services provided by Bureau of Land Management, National Operations Center, Information and Publishing Services Section"--Page 2 of cover.

Author acknowledgments include the following individuals from the U.S. Department of the Interior, and U.S. Department of Agriculture: Pete Biggam ; Lisa Bryant ; Randy Davis ; Jeff Herrick ; Ed Horn ; Mike "Sherm" Karl ; Neffra Matthews ; Dan Muller ; Tom Noble ; Mike Pellant ; Jim Renthal ; Chris Smith.

Subjects

Analysis , Bureau of Land Management , Data processing , Management , Methodology , Monitoring , Public lands , Soil ecology , Soil erosion , United States , Upland ecology

Call Number

QL84.2 .L35 no.438

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.154510
OCLC: 948676022