TY - JOUR T1 - Reforestation reduces streamflow in the southeastern United States JF - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation SP - 274 LP - 276 VL - 42 IS - 4 AU - Stanley W. Trimble AU - Frank H. Weirich Y1 - 1987/07/01 UR - http://www.jswconline.org/content/42/4/274.abstract N2 - Reforestation in the southeastern United States is reducing streamflow over large areas of land. Ten large river basins encompassing 54,000 km2 had 10% to 28% of their respective areas reforested between 1919 and 1967. This reforestation reduced water yields in the river basins 3 cm to 10 cm. These reductions constituted a 4% to 21% decline in annual stream discharge, a decline that was statistically significant in a majority of the basins. The streamflow reductions as a result of reforestation tended to be greater during dry years then during wet years. ER -