RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Using gravel to reduce soil losses from minimum-standard forest roads
JF Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
FD Soil and Water Conservation Society
SP 46
OP 50
VO 42
IS 1
A1 Kochenderfer, J. N.
A1 Helvey, J. D.
YR 1987
UL http://www.jswconline.org/content/42/1/46.abstract
AB Soil losses were monitored for 4 years on 11 sections of forest road in the central Appalachians. The roads were used for both timber management and recreation. Nine road sections were located on a newly constructed, minimum-standard truck road and two sections were on a graveled, higher standard road. Average annual soil losses ranged from 47 tons/acre on the ungraveled road sections to 6 tons/acre on the sections surfaced with 3 inches of clean limestone gravel. After the first year, traffic counts averaged 33/week on the minimum-standard road and 60/week on the higher standard road. Soil losses on the graveled sections of the minimum-standard road were similar to those measured on the higher standard road.