FORESTS EQUALIZE STREAM FLOW 



Snowbanks protected from the sun by forests melt more slowly and last longer. 

 They supply water in more even quantities and feed streams far into the summer. 



Snows on barren slopes melt quickly under the spring sun, produce a rush of 

 water for a few weeks and then are done. Springs and streams from barren coun- 

 try dry long before forested streams have finished supplying water to the valleys 

 below. 



