Performance assessment of wood strand erosion control materials among varying slopes, soil textures, and cover amounts

KA Yanosek, RB Foltz, JH Dooley - Journal of Soil and Water …, 2006 - jswconline.org
Two blends of manufactured wood strands with different lengths were tested for
effectiveness in controlling erosion. Wood strand blends were tested on two soils, two …

Comparison of erosion reduction between wood strands and agricultural straw

RB Foltz, JH Dooley - Transactions-American Society of …, 2003 - elibrary.asabe.org
Agricultural straw is widely used as an erosion mitigation measure on disturbed soils. It has
several drawbacks, however, which include increasing intrinsic value, increasing …

Evaluating the efficacy of wood shreds for mitigating erosion

RB Foltz, NS Copeland - Journal of Environmental Management, 2009 - Elsevier
An erosion control product made by shredding on-site woody materials was evaluated for
mitigating erosion through a series of rainfall simulations. Tests were conducted on bare soil …

Erosion control using wood waste materials

KR Demars, RP Long, JR Ives - Compost science & utilization, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The field experiments presented here investigated the required thickness of wood waste
materials used as a mulch to protect a soil slope against erosion. Each of the materials was …

A comparison of three erosion control mulches on decommissioned forest road corridors in the northern Rocky Mountains, United States

RB Foltz - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 2012 - jswconline.org
This study tested the erosion mitigation effectiveness of agricultural straw and two wood-
based mulches for four years on decommissioned forest roads. Plots were installed on the …

[PDF][PDF] Use of wood waste materials for erosion control

KR Demars, RP Long, JR Ives - 2000 - Citeseer
Three wood waste materials were evaluated for use as an erosion control mulch and one of
the materials was used as an erosion control filter berm. Samples of the three materials were …

Evaluation of erosion control products using natural rainfall events

SR Benik, BN Wilson, DD Biesboer… - Journal of soil and …, 2003 - jswconline.org
Five different erosion control products were tested on the slopes of a newly constructed
highway sedimentation basin to determine their impact on vegetative growth, runoff and soil …

The use of compost and shredded brush on rights-of-way for erosion control

BB Storey, JA McFalls, SH Godfrey - 1996 - trid.trb.org
Highway construction practices have historically been viewed as a major contributor of non-
point source pollution. Damage control measures implemented for construction site erosion …

Wood chips as a soil cover for construction sites with steep slopes

JR Buchanan, DC Yoder, HP Denton… - Applied Engineering in …, 2002 - elibrary.asabe.org
Wood chips were studied for their efficacy in controlling soil erosion on a steep construction
site with disturbedsoils. The purpose of the research was twofold: to determine if wood chips …

Performance of erosion control products on a highway embankment

SR Benik, BN Wilson, DD Biesboer… - Transactions of the …, 2003 - elibrary.asabe.org
Unprotected soil at construction sites often results in large rates of erosion. Five different
erosion controltreatments were tested on the slopes of a highway sedimentation basin to …