THE AUTHOR 



RICHARD O. MEEUWIG, Principal Soil Physicist in the Water- 

 shed Protection and Rehabilitation work unit, joined the 

 staff of the Intermountain Station in 1956. He holds B. S. 

 and M.S. degrees in Forestry from the University, of 

 California, ■Berkeley; and a Ph. D. in' Soil Physics from 



- .Utah State University. He is stationed at the Renewable 

 Resources Center, University of Nevada, Reno. 



