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Controlling water temperatures with buffer strips

Creator:

Brazier, Jon Roger

Abstract:

Buffer strips have been proposed as a method for controlling temperature changes in streams adjacent to clear-cuttings. Nine small mountain streams in Oregon's Coast Range and Cascade Mountains were studied to determine the influence of buffer strips on water temperature. Timber volume in the strip, strip width, and canopy density...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Empirical modeling of windthrow occurrence in streamside buffer strips

Creator:

Drake, Timothy P.

Abstract:

Streamside buffer strips provide numerous benefits to stream ecosystems. The buffer strips create shade, provide shelter for wildlife, act as barriers to logging debris during and after timber harvest, and serve as a continued source of large woody debris. Quantifying woody inputs resulting from windthrow provides managers with estimates for...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Buffer strips for stream temperature control

Creator:

Brazier, Jon Roger, Brown, George Wallace, 1939-, and Oregon State University. Forest Research Laboratory

Abstract:

During clearcut logging, complete removal of the forest canopy and the shade it provides to small streams can cause large increases in water temperature. Such increases in temperature can be prevented if buffer strips of vegetation are left along the stream to provide shade. The purposes of this paper are...

Resource Type:

Technical Report