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Manage and reduce sediment generated by roads

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Approach

Manage and reduce sediment generated by roads.

Tactics

  • Evaluate road system for sediment input
  • Reduce sediment input to streams by replacing culverts, and relocating and decommissioning roads.

Sensitivity

Strategy

Raymond, C.L.; Peterson, D.L.; Rochefort, R.M., eds. (2014). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the North Cascades region. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-892. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station., Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L., eds. (2017). Climate change and Rocky Mountain ecosystems. Advances in Global Change Research, Volume 63. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.,

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Resource Area

Relevant Region

Northern Plains
Northwest
Southeast
Southern Plains
Southwest