Impacts of Herbicide Brush Management Handout

Impacts of Herbicide Brush Management Handout
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Impacts of Herbicide Brush Management on Hydrology & Sedimentation at Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed CART Case Study Handout

Changes in erosion and runoff may prevent establishment of grasses allowing shrub dominance. Herbicides leave shrub skeletons in place and may not cause increased runoff and erosion, however, this remains largely untested. Researchers at the University of Arizona and the Agricultural Research Service assessed impacts of herbicide treatment on vegetation cover, runoff, and sediment loss of a shrub-encroached grassland. 

Read the full case study here: https://www.fws.gov/project/impacts-herbicide-brush-management-hydrology-sedimentation

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