Snowfencing for mined-land rehabilitation
Title | Snowfencing for mined-land rehabilitation |
Publication Type | Conference Proceedings |
Year of Conference | 1983 |
Authors | Van Haveren, B. P. |
Conference Name | 51st Annual Western Snow Conference |
Series Title | Proceedings of the 51st Annual Western Snow Conference |
Date Published | April 1983 |
Publisher | Western Snow Conference |
Conference Location | Vancouver, Washington |
Keywords | Snow fence, Vegetation response |
Abstract | Snowfences twenty-four inches in height were installed at a coal mine reclamation site in northern Colorado. Snow depth and water content, soil water by volume, and vegetation response have been measured for four years on both fenced and unfenced reclamation plots. After fall seeding of the plots in 1979, the average peak snow depth during the 1979-80 winter on the fenced plots was 13 inches compared to 3 inches on the unfenced plots. For the 1981-82 winter season the peak snow depth averaged 11 and 8 inches for fenced and unfenced plots, respectively. The difference in snow accumulation between fenced and unfenced decreased in 1982 due to the vegetation establishment on all plots. Results of soil water and vegetation response are in the process of being analyzed. |
URL | sites/westernsnowconference.org/PDFs/1983Van Haveren.pdf |