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Grazing and Debris Burning on Pinyon-Juniper sites—Some Chemical Water Quality Implications
Author
Buckhouse, J. C.
Gifford, G. F.
Publisher
Society for Range Management
Publication Year
1976-07-01
Body

During 1973 and 1974 a water quality study was conducted in San Juan County, southeastern Utah. Water quality data were collected from the study location which had been chained to remove pinyon-juniper vegetation six years earlier. Debris burning and livestock grazing treatments were studied. An "undisturbed, natural" woodland was left adjacent to the treatments in order to serve as a control area. Following burning, significant increases in potassium and phosphorus were observed in overland flow from infiltrometer plots. No significant treatment changes were detected for sodium, calcium, or nitrate-nitrogen. No treatment differences due to grazing were detected at the soil surface following cattle use (stocking rate was 2 ha/AUM). This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from OJS platform August 2020

Language
en
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Journal Issue/Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.2307/3897086
Additional Information
Buckhouse, J. C., & Gifford, G. F. (1976). Grazing and debris burning on pinyon-juniper sites—some chemical water quality implications. Journal of Range Management, 29(4), 299-301.
ISSN
0022-409X
OAI Identifier
oai:repository.arizona.edu:10150/646899
Journal Volume
29
Journal Number
4
Journal Pages
299-301
Collection
Rangeland Ecology & Management (REM)
Journal Name
Journal of Range Management