RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Management of blowing snow on sagebrush rangelands
JF Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
FD Soil and Water Conservation Society
SP 287
OP 292
VO 36
IS 5
A1 Sturges, David L.
A1 Tabler, Ronald D.
YR 1981
UL http://www.jswconline.org/content/36/5/287.abstract
AB In one of three case studies on the design and performance of snow retention, snow fencing, and snow harvesting treatments, crested wheatgrass planted in strips doubled snow accumulation on low-growing sagebrush rangeland. In a second case study, snow fencing increased the water available to fill an irrigation reservoir by 54 cubic meters per meter of fence length. In a third case study, sagebrush was removed from the windward side of a ridge to create a snowdrift on the leeward side as a means of recharging a livestock pond. This treatment increased snow transport by 24 cubic meters per meter of ridge length. Evaporation, soil water recharge, and other losses of melt water are important considerations in designing snow management projects.