THE AUTHOR 



RICHARD 0. MEEUWIG, Principal Soil Physicist in the Watershed 

 Protection and Rehabilitation research 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 Univer- 

 sity. He is stationed at the Renewable Resources Center, Uni- 

 versity of Nevada, Reno. 



